Harlot

(n.) A churl; a common man; a person, male or female, of low birth.

(n.) A person given to low conduct; a rogue; a cheat; a rascal.

(n.) A woman who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a common woman; a strumpet.

(a.) Wanton; lewd; low; base.

(v. i.) To play the harlot; to practice lewdness.

整理:露丝

• She is the harlot, the actual harlot of adultery to him. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• I kept this to remind me of you trying to brush away the Villa Rossa from your teeth in the morning, swearing and eating aspirin and cursing harlots. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• I'm sick of the hypocrisy that would bury alive a woman of her age if her husband prefers to live with harlots. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.

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