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Maidenhead

//ˈmeɪdənhɛd// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 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 […]"

Noun
  1. 1
    The hymen. countable, literally

    "Ay, the heads of the maids, or their maidenheads; take it in what sense thou wilt."

  2. 2
    a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin wordnet
  3. 3
    Virginity. metonymically, uncountable

    "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."

Etymology

From maiden + -head.

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