[HPforGrownups] Scarlet Woman

[Alina]

No: HPFGUIDX 45161

> I'm sorry to come up with something completely alien to the discussions
> going on but reading one of the posts I remember that, when I came across
it
> in GoF, I couldn't understand the expression 'Scarlet Woman'. I got the
> impression it was some kind of joke or pun, but to understand the
> implication of that definition I need your 'assistance' as English
> mother-tongues. Thank you to anyone who will help.!
> R.


"Scarlet Woman" means prostitute or an adulteress. I guess it comes from
"scarlet letter" a brand for adulteresses.

Alina of Distant Place
http://www.distantplace.net/



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