Read full poem →So some coarse country wench, almost decay'd,
Trudges to town, and first turns chambermaid;
Dictionary Entry
(possibly offensive) A girl or young woman, especially a buxom or lively one.
In a Sentence
“Jane played the role of a wench in an Elizabethan comedy.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. wenchwench countrywench littlewench servingwench youngwench poorwench kitchen
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Poetry examples for “wench”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Like nets or lime-twigs, for rich widows' hearts:
Call himself barrister to every wench,
And woo in language of the Pleas and Bench?
Read full poem →Above an entry : riding in, we eall’d ;
A plump-armed Ostleress and a stable wench
Came running at the call, and help’d us down.
Read full poem →Face. Wench of spirit, we will ; and, as a reward for thy
pains, thou shalt be lady Face, or lady Subtle.
Read full poem →And justly: for her praise why did I tell?
The wench by my fault is set forth to sell. 10
The bawd I play, lovers to her I guide:
Read full poem →Minding thy fault, with death I wish to revel;
Alas! a wench is a perpetual evil.
No intercepted lines thy deeds display,
Read full poem →The place's laws this benefit allow. 20
But spare my wench, thou at her right hand seated;
By thy sides touching ill she is entreated.[351]
Read full poem →And with mistrust of the like measure vexed.
I and my wench oft under clothes did lurk,
When pleasure moved us to our sweetest work.
Read full poem →And kindly gave her what she likËd best.
And I believe some wench thou hast affected,
But woods and groves keep your faults undetected.
Read full poem →Thou settst their labouring hands to spin and card.
All[206] could I bear; but that the wench should rise,
Who can endure, save him with whom none lies?