soiled dove

noun

soiled dove

noun

1

Euphemistic, Obsolete A disreputable woman, sometimes a prostitute.

1867, Ouida (Maria Louise Ramé), Idalia […] thought the telegraphist, with a yawn, returning to his dog-eared green-covered shilling novel, relating the pungent adventures of a soiled dove of St. John's Wood, […]

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