woman of ill repute

euphemism A female prostitute. The house is said to belong to a woman of ill repute. He has wasted thousands of dollars on gambling and women of ill repute.

woman of ill repute

Euph. a prostitute. His favorite companion was a woman of ill repute. If you can't be faithful to your husband, you're no better than a woman of ill repute.

See also: ill, of, repute, woman

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

See also:

be taken ill
take ill
fall ill
for good or ill
somehow
bode ill for (someone or something)
bode somehow for
bode well/ill
be ill at ease
ill at ease

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Unaware that the previous tenant had been a woman of ill repute with many clients, they settle down.

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"The attitude then was that it was a crime to be poor and any woman who had children out of wedlock, be she the daughter of an earl or the daughter of a dustman, was regarded as a woman of ill repute."

I discovered my life was just like one of my books ..a real rags to riches tale; BARBARA TAYLO OR BRADFORD ON HER SECRET PAST

She doesn't know who her father is, and her mother is, well, a woman of ill repute who thinks nothing of stealing her daughter's hard-earned money for her own purposes.

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Morley, who is interested in Medieval history, particularly old manuscripts from the British Isles which resemble icons, was drawn to Mary of Egypt because, dispute her reputation as a woman of ill repute, she spent 47 years in the desert (often naked or dressed in red) praying.

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Newland becomes engaged to the beautiful but dull May Welland, but his life is soon thrown into turmoil by his fiancee's seductive older cousin, Ellen Olensak, a woman of ill repute.

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Being a young Asian single mother and having all that, people automatically think I am a drug dealer or a woman of ill repute," she said.

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词组	woman of ill repute
释义	woman of ill repute woman of ill repute euphemism A female prostitute. The house is said to belong to a woman of ill repute. He has wasted thousands of dollars on gambling and women of ill repute. See also: ill, of, repute, woman Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. woman of ill repute Euph. a prostitute. His favorite companion was a woman of ill repute. If you can't be faithful to your husband, you're no better than a woman of ill repute. See also: ill, of, repute, woman McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: be taken ill take ill fall ill for good or ill somehow bode ill for (someone or something) bode somehow for bode well/ill be ill at ease ill at ease References in periodicals archive Unaware that the previous tenant had been a woman of ill repute with many clients, they settle down. College of DuPage's Global Flicks Film Festival begins on Feb. 7 -BYLN- Submitted by COD News Bureau "The attitude then was that it was a crime to be poor and any woman who had children out of wedlock, be she the daughter of an earl or the daughter of a dustman, was regarded as a woman of ill repute." I discovered my life was just like one of my books ..a real rags to riches tale; BARBARA TAYLO OR BRADFORD ON HER SECRET PAST She doesn't know who her father is, and her mother is, well, a woman of ill repute who thinks nothing of stealing her daughter's hard-earned money for her own purposes. BOOKS PICKS Morley, who is interested in Medieval history, particularly old manuscripts from the British Isles which resemble icons, was drawn to Mary of Egypt because, dispute her reputation as a woman of ill repute, she spent 47 years in the desert (often naked or dressed in red) praying. Secret life of saints; Trio researches little-known females for Russian icon exhibit Newland becomes engaged to the beautiful but dull May Welland, but his life is soon thrown into turmoil by his fiancee's seductive older cousin, Ellen Olensak, a woman of ill repute. FilmsonTV The top movies this weekend Being a young Asian single mother and having all that, people automatically think I am a drug dealer or a woman of ill repute," she said. Yasmin Khanam: Rags to riches
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