• sugar_in_your_tea
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    7 months ago

    wench (probably referring to 2a):

    1 old-fashioned : a young woman or girl

    2a old-fashioned : a female servant
    b archaic : a girl or woman of a socially low class

    3 archaic : a lewd or promiscuous woman : a female prostitute

    winch:

    2: a crank with a handle for giving motion to a machine (such as a grindstone)

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      7 months ago

      I’m retarded I read it as winch / wrench, and got the wrong end of the far side as usual 🤦‍♂️

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        No worries, it’s easy to misread, and I do it all the time. Hopefully it helps the next person. 😀