wench

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“The word wench is definitely not something that medieval people would use for a woman, especially in public, because that was a really insulting thing to call her,” Mitchell said.

From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2018

Other changes have elicited fewer complaints than the deleted wench auction.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2018

To control it, he’ll use a “sip-and-puff” device that enables him to use his breath to move the rudder and operate a wench that controls the sails.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2017

I myself have never been a teenage female, but her going from stone-faced wench to laughing maniacally as she takes leave of the wiry-haired Mr. Sheen strikes me as a bit false.

From Washington Times • May 22, 2016

Then he said Bess was a grasping wench and he had no intention of giving her my house.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart