单词 | to play the whore |
释义 | > as lemmasto play the whore P1. to play the whore: to commit adultery or fornication; to prostitute oneself; to behave in a sexually promiscuous, lascivious, or provocative manner. Also figurative. Now somewhat archaic.In quot. 2015 in a work of historical fiction. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [verb (intransitive)] > of woman to play the whore1530 1530 Bible (Tyndale) Lev. xxi. f. xxxviii Yf a preastes doughter fall to playe the whore, she poluteth hir father: therfore she shall be burnt with fire. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xvi. 28 Thou hast played the whore also with the Assirians. 1561 in F. J. Furnivall Child-marriages, Divorces, & Ratifications Diocese Chester (1897) 78 Beynge demaundid why she did,..contrary to the Lawe of wedlocke, play the hoore. 1706 Honest London Spy iii. 68 A very pretty Excuse indeed! you must play the Whore, or else you must starve! Why if you were an honest Woman, nothing could make you play the Whore. a1754 S. Bourn 20 Serm. (1755) vii. 167 Will it be for the Honour and Comfort of their Families, if their Wives commit Adultery, their Sisters play the Whore, their Children grow insolent? 2001 Contra Costa (Calif.) Times (Nexis) 14 Feb. a18 The mainstream press is now engaged in a desperate attempt to regain its lost virtue after playing the whore to the Clintons. 2015 J. Shupe Courtesan Duchess viii. 166 You were so willing to play the whore for a duke. < as lemmas |
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