He also swore himself by a binding oath that whatever wife he married he would abate her maidenhead at night and slay her next morning to make sure of his honour.
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Maidenhead
//ˈmeɪdənhɛd//
Synonyms for "maidenhead" (56 found)
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24 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- девствена ципа noun (hymen)
- девственост noun (virginity)
Czech
2 entries- panenská blána noun (hymen)
- panenství noun (virginity)
Dutch
2 entries- maagdelijkheid noun (virginity)
- maagdenvlies noun (hymen)
Finnish
2 entries- immenkalvo noun (hymen)
- neitsyys noun (virginity)
French
1 entries- virginité noun (virginity)
German
1 entries- Jungfräulichkeit noun (virginity)
Irish
1 entries- maighdeanas noun (virginity)
Macedonian
1 entries- девственост noun (virginity)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- بكارت noun (virginity)
- بكارت noun (hymen)
- بكر noun (virginity)
- بكر noun (hymen)
Polish
3 entries- błona dziewicza noun (hymen)
- dziewictwo noun (virginity)
- hymen noun (hymen)
Portuguese
1 entries- hímen noun (hymen)
Russian
3 entries- гиме́н noun (hymen)
- де́вственная пле́ва noun (hymen)
- де́вственность noun (virginity)
Turkish
1 entries- kızlık noun (virginity)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Ay, the heads of the maids, or their maidenheads; take it in what sense thou wilt.
Source: wiktionary
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.
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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.
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