henchwench

See also: hench-wench

English

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Noun

henchwench (plural henchwenches)

  1. (usually humorous) A female henchman; a henchwoman.
    • 1939, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake:
      And that henchwench what hopped it dunneth there duft the.
    • July 22, 2007, "Cast Shadows", a sweet kiss of Poison
      The concept of she being an ecoterrorist who may or may not long for Harley Quinn, the Joker's henchwench, is pure animated bliss.
    • July 11, 2007, "Reading for Pleasure Wednesday: Dickens, and the Old Curiousity Shop", The Paper Chase
      Instead, our interesting characters are the horrid little villain, Quilp, his henchwench Sally Brass (a nasty, lying, grasping woman), Dick Swiveller, and a servant character Swiveller calls “the Marchioness.”
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