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noun • A highly cultivated hired female companion who would entertain upper-class male clients and might perform sex acts for them. • A mistress. | ||||
| 47% | 6 | Derogatory term for a sexually adventuress woman | ||
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| 29% | 5 | Surname of the character Becky in Old Carthusian W M Thackeray’s novel Vanity Fair, whose career progresses from articled pupil at Miss Pinkerton’s academy to amoral adventuress and unashamed social climber | ||
adjective • keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point • having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing • (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone noun • a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named • a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point adverb • changing suddenly in direction and degree adjective satellite • (of something seen or heard) clearly defined • ending in a sharp point • having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions • marked by practical hardheaded intelligence • harsh • having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones • dangerously steep • very sudden and in great amount or degree • quick and forceful | ||||
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