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A worn-out strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag.

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  1. n. A worn-out strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag.
  2. n. a scolding (even vicious) old woman
  3. A worn-out strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag. Such a weak, watery, wicked old harridan, substituted for the pretty creature I had been used to see. De Quincey.
  4. A worn-out strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag.Such a weak, watery, wicked old harridan, substituted for the prettycreature I had been used to see. De Quincey.
  5. n:100 n. a scolding (even vicious) old woman