henchwench

See also:hench-wench

English

Alternative forms

• hench-wench

Noun

henchwench(pluralhenchwenches)

1. (usuallyhumorous)A femalehenchman;ahenchwoman.
   • 1939,James Joyce,Finnegans Wake:

     And thathenchwenchwhat hopped it dunneth there duft the.

   • July 22, 2007,"Cast Shadows",a sweet kiss of Poison

     The concept of she being an ecoterrorist who may or may not long for Harley Quinn, the Joker'shenchwench,is pure animated bliss.

   • July 11, 2007,"Reading for Pleasure Wednesday: Dickens, and the Old Curiousity Shop",The Paper Chase

     Instead, our interesting characters are the horrid little villain, Quilp, hishenchwenchSally Brass (a nasty, lying, grasping woman), Dick Swiveller, and a servant character Swiveller calls “the Marchioness.”