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maidenhead
/ˈmeɪdənhɛd/
noun 2name 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
all, near
VERB + MAIDENHEAD
lose
MAIDENHEAD + NOUN
to-day
PREP.
with
Definitions
noun
1
The hymen.
Ay, the heads of the maids, or their maidenheads; take it in what sense thou wilt.
2
Virginity.
Put in but little Silver or Gold, for if you do, you quite spoil the Compoſition ; but inſtead thereof, add of Tradeſmens Bills for Cloaths, to the Value of 100 l. [¶] Laſtly, Take away the Girl's Maidenhead, and then the Compoſition is fit for Uſe.
Gallants, a bashful poet bids me say, He's come to lose his maidenhead to-day. Be not too fierce; for he's but green of age, And ne'er, till now, debauch'd upon the stage.
name
1
A town in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8881).
A short time since, some friends drinking tea one summer evening at their residence near Maidenhead, with all the windows of the drawing-room open, there suddenly burst in a host of small flies, which covered the table and the furniture […]
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noun — a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagi
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Example Bank
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Ay, the heads of the maids, or their maidenheads; take it in what sense thou wilt.
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Put in but little Silver or Gold, for if you do, you quite spoil the Compoſition ; but inſtead thereof, add of Tradeſmens Bills for Cloaths, to the Value of 100 l. [¶] Laſtly, Take away the Girl's Mai
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Gallants, a bashful poet bids me say, He's come to lose his maidenhead to-day. Be not too fierce; for he's but green of age, And ne'er, till now, debauch'd upon the stage.
Wiktionary04
A short time since, some friends drinking tea one summer evening at their residence near Maidenhead, with all the windows of the drawing-room open, there suddenly burst in a host of small flies, which
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