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Meaning of soiled dove | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A disreputable woman, sometimes a prostitute.

euphemistic, obsolete

Examples

“1867, Ouida (Maria Louise Ramé), Idalia […] thought the telegraphist, with a yawn, returning to his dog-eared green-covered shilling novel, relating the pungent adventures of a soiled dove of St. John's Wood, […]”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

soiler soilflow soiliness Soiling soilization soillessness