scarlet woman
Example Sentences
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John Rain, the son, after a gassing in France, goes away with the married daughter of his father's one scarlet woman, Tannis.
From Time Magazine Archive
It had been that unfortunate dress last night that had reminded him unpleasantly of the scarlet woman and the awful night of the fire.
From The Witness by Grace Livingston Hill Lutz
By some chance the grave of the scarlet woman adjoined that of a laborer who had been killed by a blast.
From The U. P. Trail by Zane Grey
Craig and Walters were dragging the prisoner across the bridge, the desperado fighting like a demon, and a scarlet woman following them with cries and curses.
From Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police by R. G. (Roderick George) MacBeth
Ay forsooth!" answered the scarlet woman; "but one and one must make two, and many a one must be added thereto, before such mighty things come to pass.
From The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck by Ludwig Tieck
