Dear Sir
I have recently had occasion to wonder what the collective noun for a group of harlots is. After consulting your fine dictionary, and finding no suitable word, I humbly submit the following entry for the next edition of your fine publication:
Midden. Noun. Collective term for a group of iniquitous women, intent on proposition. ‘The virtuous man was surrounded by a midden’ or ‘He was besieged by a midden of strumpets’.
Your humble servant
Felonius Crumb
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