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fallen woman:
A prostitute . This euphemism was common in the 1870s when society regarded prostitutes as women having suffered a fall from grace . Fallen woman and abandoned-woman are more literary than colloquial. See prostitute for synonyms.


See Also: fallen woman, abandoned woman, fall for, take a fall, take the fall, take the old fall, lose one's heart, philophobia, fall in a big way, be swept off one's feet, flip over for, go head over heels, go overboard, fall in love (with), hubba-hubba, short-heeled wench, U-haul,
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