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Wench V Consort Prostitutes Pick Wenching Mind Ill

Word wench (v.)
Definition v. To consort with prostitutes.
Sentence I'd pick on them for wenching; never mind
They were so ill that they could barely stand!
Source The Canterbury Tales, trans. David Wright, The Wife of Bath's Prologue, p. 160

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