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Meanings of pay a woman in English

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Usage of pay a woman in English
1
The rent would pay a woman to come in now and then to clean up.
A Poor Wise Man
2
But when you say you pay a woman 10s.
Second Shetland Truck System Report
3
You have paid me the greatest compliment a man can pay a woman, Mr. Waterson--
The Clicking of Cuthbert
4
Because two bad girls have got it, and they pay a woman to take care of it.
Cast Adrift
5
When he was 15, his father offered to pay a woman to have sex with him, he said.
Reuters
6
Papa has informed me this morning that you have been pleased to pay me the highest compliment that a man can pay a woman.
Henrietta Temple: A Love Story
7
Vanuatu's Speaker of Parliament has been ordered by the Supreme Court to pay a woman $US5,000 for assaulting her.
Radio NZ
8
A dental clinic has agreed to pay a woman €10,000 after a dentist refused to treat her after she disclosed that she had HIV.
The Irish Times
9
Should the man who pays a woman a compliment in a bar be concerned?
The Guardian
10
This was the two hundredth occasion on which Shawcross had paid a woman to tempt him.
Axiomatic
11
She also paid a woman to look in at short intervals during the day and shake up her pillow.
The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight
12
Do but think of Sir B. Wrey's paying a woman of fashion for being civil to my Lady O.!
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1
13
"I've paid you the greatest compliment a man can pay a woman," he began.
The Duke's Children
14
"Truly, Madge," he stammered, "a man can scarcely pay a woman a greater compliment-
A Young Girl's Wooing
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"They pay a woman a dollar a week to take care of it at night."
Cast Adrift
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"I believe I owe her more than a man can ever pay a woman, already."
The Spinners
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