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12-30-2006, 01:19 PM | #11 |
The Pearl, The Lily Maid
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I think perhaps we should say "serving girl" rather than "wench".
"Wench", according to the Houghton Mifflin thesaurus, means a vulgar woman who flouts propriety. Seems to have definite connotations on the wanton side of things, and though it would be common practice for a medieval innkeeper, I doubt any Middle-Earth lord such as Eodwine rents out his girls.
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