Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A foul-mouthed old woman; a randy; a beldam; a hag.
  • Bold; coarse; foulmouthed: applied to women.

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  • a repugnant, foulmouthed hag

    January 12, 2008

  • In case the depiction elude us:

    I think the old crone is construed as

    A termagant hag,

    A shrewish old bag,

    A harridan Scott calls a rudas.

    June 19, 2016