nymph of the pavé
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English
34
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Having made the discovery with about the same attention to secresy, that a nymph of the pavé uses with her lovers, or the boatswain when he pipes to grog, […] Mike O'Grady and his associate returned with merry faces to head-quarters, and reported a surprise of the enemy's camp very practicable."
- "Though, on the whole, a moral, quiet place – there being only two houses of ill-fame on both sides of the river, and not a "nymph of the pave" to be seen anywhere – yet during the long dark nights of winter, considerable mischief used to be committed by the more reckless of the young […]"