poulen.
/puːl/, U.S. /pul/ slang. A girl or young woman, esp. a promiscuous one. poule de luxe n. a prostitute, a call girl.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > promiscuity > person > woman
bat1607
tramp1922
bag1924
poule1924
blimp1926
punch board1955
slag1958
slagbag1966
hosebag1974
mama1980
slutbag1987
Essex girl1991
knob jockey2003
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > a prostitute
meretrixOE
whoreOE
soiled dovea1250
common womanc1330
putec1384
bordel womanc1405
putaina1425
brothelc1450
harlot?a1475
public womanc1510
naughty pack?1529
draba1533
cat1535
strange woman1535
stew1552
causey-paikera1555
putanie?1566
drivelling1570
twigger1573
punka1575
hackney1579
customer1583
commodity1591
streetwalker1591
traffic1591
trug1591
hackster1592
polecat1593
stale1593
mermaid1595
medlar1597
occupant1598
Paphian1598
Winchester goose1598
pagan1600
hell-moth1602
aunt1604
moll1604
prostitution1605
community1606
miss1606
night-worm1606
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croshabell1607
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venturer1607
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jumbler1611
land-frigate1611
walk-street1611
doll-common1612
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barber's chaira1616
commonera1616
public commonera1616
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venturea1616
stewpot1616
tweak1617
carry-knave1623
prostibule1623
fling-dusta1625
mar-taila1625
night-shadea1625
waistcoateera1625
night trader1630
coolera1632
meretrician1631
painted ladya1637
treadle1638
buttock1641
night-walker1648
mob?1650
lady (also girl, etc.) of the game1651
lady of pleasure1652
trugmullion1654
fallen woman1659
girlc1662
high-flyer1663
fireship1665
quaedama1670
small girl1671
visor-mask1672
vizard-mask1672
bulker1673
marmalade-madam1674
town miss1675
town woman1675
lady of the night1677
mawks1677
fling-stink1679
Whetstone whore1684
man-leech1687
nocturnal1693
hack1699
strum1699
fille de joie1705
market-dame1706
screw1725
girl of (the) town1733
Cytherean1751
street girl1764
monnisher1765
lady of easy virtue1766
woman (also lady) of the town1766
kennel-nymph1771
chicken1782
stargazer1785
loose fish1809
receiver general1811
Cyprian1819
mollya1822
dolly-mop1834
hooker1845
charver1846
tail1846
horse-breaker1861
professional1862
flagger1865
cocodette1867
cocotte1867
queen's woman1871
common prostitute1875
joro1884
geisha1887
horizontal1888
flossy1893
moth1896
girl of the pavement1900
pross1902
prossie1902
pusher1902
split-arse mechanic1903
broad1914
shawl1922
bum1923
quiff1923
hustler1924
lady of the evening1924
prostie1926
working girl1928
prostisciutto1930
maggie1932
brass1934
brass nail1934
mud kicker1934
scupper1935
model1936
poule de luxe1937
pro1937
chromo1941
Tom1941
pan-pan1949
twopenny upright1958
scrubber1959
slack1959
yum-yum girl1960
Suzie Wong1962
mattress1964
jamette1965
ho1966
sex worker1971
pavement princess1976
parlour girl1979
crack whore1990
1924 E. Hemingway Let. c1 July (2013) II. 127 The plage and the poules [at San Sebastián, Spain] are both great.
1937 New Statesman 11 Dec. 1007/2 Every manner of eating-house throughout France, from the chi-chi establishment appropriate to the entertainment of a poule de luxe to the obscure provincial bistro.
1949 J. B. Priestley Home is Tomorrow 43 He is probably amusing himself somewhere with that little brown poule of his.
1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Sept. 1213/3 Returns to France to find that his wife has remarried and that his daughter is in business as a poule de luxe and doing very well.
1992 W. Mitchell For Art's Sake i. iii. 63 He had to run a gauntlet of importunate poules, who fell into step with male passersby, frequently grabbing an arm or coat tails or worse.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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