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scarlet woman

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a scarlet woman (old-fashioned)
a woman who people think is morally bad because she has sex with a lot of men. She was labelled a scarlet woman and excluded from polite society.
See also: woman

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In his teaching a good principle called the Word fought perpetually against a diabolical female influence called the Scarlet Woman and an evil being called Alcohol.
Bennett's official abhorrence of the Scarlet Woman and all her ways was only equalled by his private respect for Father Victor.
 
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