soiled dove

noun

A disreputable woman, sometimes a prostitute.

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Meanings

nounsoiled dove (plural soiled doves)

plural soiled doves

  1. euphemisticobsoleteA disreputable woman, sometimes a prostitute.

    1867, Ouida (Maria Louise Ramé), Idalia […] thought the telegraphist, with a yawn, returning to his dog-eared green-covered shilling novel, relating the pungent adventures of a soiled dove of St. John's Wood, […]

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prostitute
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APA

soiled dove. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soiled%20dove

MLA

“soiled dove.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soiled%20dove. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soiled dove,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soiled%20dove.

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