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mammy collapse: an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S.

hustler collapse: a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties

dowager collapse: a widow holding property received from her deceased husband

feeder collapse: an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening; an animal that feeds on a particular source of food; "a bark feeder"; "a mud feeder"; a branch that flows into the main stream

Jezebel collapse: a shameless impudent scheming woman; wife of Ahab who was king of Israel; according to the Old Testament she was a cruel immoral queen who fostered the worship of Baal and tried to kill Elijah and other prophets of Israel (9th century BC)

prostitute collapse: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; sell one's body; exchange sex for money

lady collapse: a woman of the peerage in Britain; a polite name for any woman; "a nice lady at the library helped me"

hero collapse: the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem; (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her; (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god; a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength; "RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain"; Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)

old maid collapse: a card game using a pack of cards from which one queen has been removed; players match cards and the player holding the unmatched queen at the end of the game is the loser (or `old maid'); the loser in a game of old maid

personage collapse: another word for person; a person not meriting identification; "a strange personage appeared at the door"

sexist collapse: discriminatory on the basis of sex (usually said of men's attitude toward women)

baggage collapse: a case used to carry belongings when traveling; the portable equipment and supplies of an army; a worthless or immoral woman

prima donna collapse: a distinguished female operatic singer; a female operatic star; a vain and temperamental person

trusty collapse: a convict who is considered trustworthy and granted special privileges

matriarch collapse: a female head of a family or tribe; a feisty older woman with a big bosom (as drawn in cartoons)

cue collapse: sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards; an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech

mistress collapse: a woman master who directs the work of others; an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man

tart collapse: a pastry cup with a filling of fruit or custard and no top crust; a small open pie with a fruit filling

rib collapse: support resembling the rib of an animal; a projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural; a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant; any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates); a teasing remark; cut of meat including one or more ribs; form vertical ribs by knitting; "A ribbed sweater"

directing collapse: showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on; "felt his mother's directing arm around him"; "the directional role of science on industrial progress"

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