wenchhood

English

Etymology

From wench +‎ -hood.

Noun

wenchhood (uncountable)

  1. The quality, state, or condition of a wench
    • 1916, Photoplay Magazine - Volume 10, page 91:
      Louise Glaum, as the nasty gixy clubbed into wenchhood, gave a characteristically energetic physical portrait.
    • 1933, Hassoldt Davis, Islands Under the Wind, page 32:
      It was about this time that the rest of the French Navy staggered in with the jauntiest of Moorea's wenchhood upon its arm.
    • 2016, Gardner F. Fox, The Second Kothar the Barbarian:
      Kothar snarled. His eyes ran over her sweet shapeliness disclosed by her torn garment, and he grinned. “It would be a waste of wenchhood to burn her.”
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