They tell me they're but coorse lasses: an' wha'll tak ill-farred tocherless queans whan there's walth o' bonny faces an' lang purses i' the market-he, he!"
"Marriage"
Susan Edmonstone Ferrier
The former pointed to a troop of women who were following the chief of police and some city constables, and said warningly: "Those are all wanton queans, whom the law of this city compels to lend their aid in putting out fires.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers
A sort of drabs and queans have me blest- Was ever creature half so evil drest?
"Gammer Gurton's Needle"
Mr. S. Mr. of Art