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A.Word.A.Day--quean Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio quean (kween) noun 1. A woman regarded as being disreputable, especially a prostitute. 2. Scots. A young woman. [Middle English quene, from Old English cwene, woman.] "A witch, a quean, an old cozening quean! Have I not forbid her my house?" Shakespeare, William, The Merry Wives of Windsor: Act IV, Scene II. This week's theme: Words with slightly different spellings from some everyday words. X-Bonus Let him that would move the world, first move himself. -Socrates

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