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wencher|ˈwɛnʃə(r)| Also 7 wentcher. [f. wench v. + -er1.] One who associates with common women.
1593Passionate Morrice (1876) 82 Those I suspected to be wenchers. a1625Fletcher Noble Gent. i. i, I am a whoremaster, And such a one as dare be..pointed at to be a noble wencher. a1654Selden Table Talk, Clergy ⁋5 Like the Fellow that was a great Wentcher. 1667Pepys Diary 29 July, My cozen Roger told us..that the Archbishop of Canterbury, that now is, do keep a wench, and that he is as very a wencher as can be. 1701Grew Cosm. Sacra ii. vii. 76 He must be..no Gamester, Wencher, Fopp. 1712Steele Spect. No. 274 ⁋1 Impotent Wenchers. |