quean

Example Sentences

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A plaguy, crafty quean, marry a God, I see Prince John courted as well as I; And since he shall be mock'd as well as I, It's some contentment.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various

Thinks the false quean by such a sleight, that chill my nee'le lack?

From Gammer Gurton's Needle by Art, Mr. S. Mr. of

But the other night comes a Highland quean of a lass, and she flashes, God kens what, out at the eastmost window of Mrs. MacPhail's house, that's the superior tenement.

From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2 by Scott, Walter, Sir

My friends, let me tell you that this is the first pleasant hour, that spiteful quean, Fate, has bestowed upon me for the last three years.

From The Children of the World by Heyse, Paul

It should be noted that E. queen is not precisely the same word as E. quean.

From A Concise Dictionary of Middle English From A.D. 1150 to 1580 by Mayhew, A. L. (Anthony Lawson)