OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 19359

harridan

/ˈhæɹ.ɪ.dən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
arpía • vieja gruñona
A vicious and scolding woman, especially an older one.
Well there was one old lady, and a drunken old harridan she was surely, that paid all her attention to me.
Why is that tattling old harridan, Peggy O'Dowd, to make free with my name at her d—d supper-table, and advertise my engagement over the three kingdoms?
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