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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A beggar's trull; a beggar wench; a wench.
  2. n. A ruddy, fat-faced wench; a blowzy woman: applied in Shakspere to an infant.

Wiktionary

  1. n. obsolete A ruddy, fat-faced woman; a wench.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. obsolete A ruddy, fat-faced woman; a wench.

Etymologies

  1. Probably from the same root as blush. (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “This I approve; but of the other two I resolve with Salisburiensis, caeteris paribus, both rich alike, endowed alike, majori miseria deformis habetur quam formosa servatur, I had rather marry a fair one, and put it to the hazard, than be troubled with a blowze; but do as thou wilt, I speak only of myself.”

    Anatomy of Melancholy

  • “On the other hand, this site says 'Blouse' has for 300 years or more been English slang for a very unseemly woman, from 'blowze', which was slang for a slovenly woman, prostitute or 'beggars wench' as the OED quaintly puts it.”

    Pen-Elayne on the Web

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