quean
/kwiːn/
noun
- An impudent or ill-behaved girl or woman; a hussy. (Archaic or dialectal.)
- The village gossip called her a quean for speaking her mind so freely.
- He muttered about the quean who had stolen his apples from the orchard.
- In old stories, a quean was often a bold and mischievous young woman.
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