Harridans [noun]

He stood in front of the virtuous harridan, his lips working, his fingers convulsively clutching the air.

Commerce in this instance is depicted as a dissolute harridan, deep sunk in gin.

Charles listened dully as the curse was droned, nor was he surprised when the harridan fell, blasted by it.

She had been quite sure that the offer was about to be made when that odious old harridan had come in and disturbed everything.

It is not necessary to be a prude or a skinny old harridan either, to inveigh against the custom.

Whist, ye mongrel, replied the old harridan, who acted as nurse; shes as lively as a cricket.

It was her keeper who tore her away in the end, cling as she would to Michael, screaming all the while like a harridan.

The heel of the vindictive harridan ground viciously upon the lips of the dying man and choked his utterance.

Go and say good-by, however, to the old harridan; I think she has a few conventional tears to shed.

It was an interesting speculation whether in twenty years she would develop into a harridan or a woman of unusual character.