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Wench
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Its the black country slang for 'girl', where does it come from?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Not just Black Country, DJ (those are my initials too!). There's an etymology of the word at http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=wench&x=12&y=16
There was once a newspaper report that a local council had approved a sum of money "for the provision of new wenches for the park, as the present old ones are in a rather dilapidated condition."