lady abbess

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lady abbess

noun lady abbesses

euphemistic, obsolete, rare A bawd, the mistress of a brothel. That Lady Abbess of all secret sin. / Swears that she is so lean and ugly grown, / She will not pass with her for half a crown, / Yet Stamford's countess does admire her wit, / But likes it most because 'tis lewdly writ.
Similar: madam, abbess

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noun bawd

Deutsch	Puffmutter
Русский	бандерша banderša, мада́м madám

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@misc{lady_abbess_2026,
  title = {lady abbess},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lady%20abbess},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}