painted woman

[ peyn-tid woom-uhn ]

noun

, Archaic.

1. a prostitute.

painted woman

noun

1. old-fashioned.
   a woman whose appearance suggests she is promiscuous

Example Sentences

Men were taught self-control about everything from their diet to how to resist the “painted woman.”

From The Daily Beast

He was the first who painted woman with brilliant drapery and variegated head-dresses.

From Project Gutenberg

A dissolute, painted woman of Earth, staring out at Polter as he passed.

From Project Gutenberg

"You're a set of cowards," chimed in a painted woman, dressed in a poor and tawdry dress.

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She painted woman as its victim, till every heart recoiled at the image she drew.

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He did kill the poor painted woman; and then he was frightened, and thrust her poor body down into the sewer.

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