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单词 strumpery
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strumperyn.

Brit. /ˈstrʌmp(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈstrəmp(ə)ri/
Forms: late Middle English–1500s 2000s– strumpery, 1500s stromperie, 1500s strumperye.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: strumpet n., -ery suffix.
Etymology: < strump- (in strumpet n.) + -ery suffix. Compare strump v.
Now archaic and rare.
The practice or an act of prostitution; lewd behaviour.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > action or practice of being a prostitute
strumpetry1435
strumperya1500
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a1500 (a1471) G. Ashby Active Policy Prince l. 533 in Poems (1899) 29 And robbery lafte by that excercise, And strumpery als by this entreprise.
c1550 C. Bansley Treat. Pryde & Abuse of Women sig. A.iiiv Nowe fye vpon proude strumpery.
1565 T. Stapleton Fortresse of Faith f. 116v The roote whereof [sc. of that gospel] was the breache of virginitie, and an imfamous stromperie.
1658 J. Durham Comm. Bk. Revelation 631 In respect of the extent of her whoredom or commonnesse of it: It is not only with Kings, but indifferently, she proposed unto and did bear in her strumperies on all sorts, great and small.
1909 Flaming Sword 15 Dec. 403/1 The other brings the multitude..face to face with the last and lowest graduates of illicit love, and to be viewed in all of their brazen and bedizened strumpery.
2001 E. Greenwood Vacant Throne xviii. 194 What is the meaning of this strumpery? This is not a pleasure-house, and we'll be having no flashing of charms around here!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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