blowen

plural blowens

1. obsoletevulgarA prostitute; a courtesan.

   Many a blowen of saloonic fame

   August 1831, Bryan O'Toole, “Barney Moore”, in Blackwood Magazine

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   Poll Strokem, an old blowen, well known about the streets of London, was continually crying; see her whenever you would, she was all snot and slobber, like a calf's head on a hot summer's day […]

   1840, Regular Slangsman, The Flash Mirror, Or, Kiddy's Cabinet, page 12