HARRIDAN

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ETYMOLOGY
generally supposed to be an alteration of French haridelle an old jade of a horse (16th c. in Hatz.-Darm.); also, a gaunt ill-favoured woman (Littré); but connecting forms are not known

EXAMPLE
From: Magdalen
Or, The Penitent of Godstow
An Historical Novel
By Elizabeth Helme, Volume I, 1813
Chapter X