soiledadj.1
/sɔɪld/ Defiled; stained, dirtied. Also figurative. soiled dove n. Australian and North American slang. a prostitute.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective]
solc1200
soileda1250
suddly1488
sullied1571
smirched1600
besmircheda1616
smutted1622
moiled1632
soily1677
smutched1785
besoiled1834
smirchy1889
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
bat1607
croshabell1607
prostitute1607
pug1607
venturer1607
nag1608
curtal1611
jumbler1611
land-frigate1611
walk-street1611
doll-common1612
turn-up1612
barber's chaira1616
commonera1616
public commonera1616
trader1615
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
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 70 Ich am amon mid suilede lippen.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 324/2 Soyled, ord.
1588 T. Kyd tr. T. Tasso Housholders Philos. f. 20v In the Kitchin, or other soyled places, which may spoile or ray her garments.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. i. sig. N4v Vpon the soiled gras The dead corse of an armed knight was spred.
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 123 In slavish habit, ill-fitted weeds O're worn and soild . View more context for this quotation
1693 N. Tate tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires xv. 301 One..Licks the soil'd Earth..While reeking with a mangled Ombit's Blood.
1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 425 It may be conveniently used for whitening soiled books and prints.
1882 Sydney Slang Dict. 8/1 Soiled doves, the ‘midnight meeting’ term for prostitutes and ‘gay’ ladies generally.
1883 A. Thomas Mod. Housewife 22 That cracked mirror, spoiled carpet, and soiled sofa.
1929 D. Hammett Red Harvest iii. 27 ‘Who is this Dinah Brand?’..‘A soiled dove..a de luxe hustler, a big-league gold-digger.’
1962 E. Lucia Klondike Kate iii. 95 The line between the dance-hall girls and those of Lousetown was a thin one..because the soiled doves from across the river intermingled in the variety halls to pick up customers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
soiledadj.2
rare.
Fed with fresh-cut green fodder.
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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [adjective] > fed > fed in specific way
pen-fedc1400
stall-feda1555
mast-fed1566
grass-fed1575
bean-fed1590
soiled1608
corn-fed1787
summered1804
pair-fed1951
zero-grazed1958
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xx. 118 The..fichew nor the soyled horse goes toot with a more riotous appetite. View more context for this quotation
1811 Monthly Mag. 34 393/1 The condition of the soiled cattle and milch cows, surprized even those most convinced of the advantage of the system.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
soiledadj.3
Having a particular or specified kind of soil.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > kind of earth or soil > [adjective]
soiled1645
1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ ii. xv. 24 The Province..is far greater, more populous, better soyld, and more stor'd with Gentry.
1799 A. Young Gen. View Agric. County Lincoln 9 This sinks again into another part of the various soiled vale to the Wolds.
1815 M. Birkbeck Notes Journey through France 68 A surface..as fruitful as a well-soiled plain.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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