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Meanings of wretched women in English

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Usage of wretched women in English
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The wretched women in their paint and patches shrieked with laughter.
The Christian: A Story
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Through her, however, she was made one of the most wretched women in the world.
Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV. and of the Regency — Volume 0...
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Despised, shunned by even the wretched women at the squalid ranchos, he feels utterly alone.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance
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You know-thethirty francs those wretched women paid me.
Monsieur Lecoq, v. 1
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Judge Sharp's benevolence had provided the means of a carouse for those two wretched women.
The Old Homestead
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Anyhow, our most modern methods of research can't find any trace of the wretched women.
Manalive
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Are wretched women to toil from morning till night folding sheets-sheetsof cheap bibles at 10s.
Morality as a Religion / An exposition of some first principles
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Some wretched women and children will at least sleep in safety to-night, in spite of you!
Paris under the Commune / The Seventy-Three Days of the Second S...
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Who are those wretched women sent up in the city van to the police-court, apprehended for drunkenness?
The Abominations of Modern Society
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Among the wretched women, mostly thieves and streetwalkers, twenty faces were turned, gaping with glee and hate.
The Wisdom of Father Brown
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So I looked at the crowd of wretched women, thinking to take a child and set her free.
Julian
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I never saw the Captain so worked up as he was by the sight of them wretched women.
Work: A Story of Experience
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Presently, with loud weeping and lamentation, the wretched women entered, and were compelled to assist in the horrid task.
Stories from the Odyssey
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They overwhelmed us, Mr. Blake,-mydaughter there, and me, and God alone has counted how many other wretched women.
The Boss of Little Arcady
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Two of the wretched women came forward and bent upon her the full battery of their brazen and leering curiosity.
A Pagan of the Hills
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And the men for whom these poor wretched women work, lounge about in cafes all day, smoking and playing dominoes.
The Master-Christian
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