单词 | strumpery |
释义 | strumperyn. Now archaic and rare. The practice or an act of prostitution; lewd behaviour. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > action or practice of being a prostitute strumpetry1435 strumperya1500 harloting1575 sacking1591 streetwalking1735 sex work1934 tomming1964 hoing1972 escorting1988 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). < n.a1500 |
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