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So the word can mean "Promiscuous Woman" and can also mean "Woman" in general, would it be a good idea to have a "by extension" put in" [[Special:Contributions/47.219.43.28|47.219.43.28]] 23:47, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

== Earlier citation for the verb sense ==

Greetings and felicitations. Despite the age of my account, I am a relative neophyte to editing Wiktionary (as opposed to Wikipedia), so I am posting this here, in the hope that it will prove useful.

Regarding New York's claim against Vermont's petition for statehood; John Jay was sent there to support the claim, but came to support Vermont's position instead:

"Despite his best efforts, the Vermont question became a victim of gridlock in Congress. As he [John Jay] put it with obvious distain, 'the issue was "bitched" in its last as well as first stages.'"

* Ellis, Joseph J. (2015). ''The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783–1789''. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. p. 71 ISBN 978-0-385-35340-3. OCLC 903811420. The source is cited in Chapter 3's note 9, p. 261:

** Lawrence, Amanda Reeser; Nuxoll, Elizabeth M. (eds.) (2012). [John Jay] to Egbert Benson, 26 August 1782. ''The Selected Papers of John Jay''. Vol. 2: ''1780–1782''. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press. p. 326. ISBN 9780813931234. {{OCLC|403857801}}. https://books.google.com/books?id=BuUlzgEACAAJ

I have not seen the original, but do have the Ellis volume in hand. — [[User:DocWatson42|DocWatson42]] ([[User talk:DocWatson42|talk]]) 05:40, 25 June 2024 (UTC)