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scarlet woman

scar·let wom·an (plural scar·let wom·en)


noun 
Definition:
 
an offensive term for a woman believed to be an adulterer or prostitute or to engage excessively in sexual activity ( literary )

[< Revelations 17:1-6 in the Bible, in which a sinful woman appears "in purple and scarlet color"]
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