The plot draws on the traditional story of a cursed pig-faced woman.

Then Jehu went in and sat down to dinner; and presently he said, Go and bury this cursed woman, for she is a King's daughter.

Don't be a fool, Chauvelin," she snapped out at him; "haven't I told you that I want the handling of those three cursed women myself.

I had half expected him to begin raving about cursed women and sending Melinda to Asyut.

Anton and Olga arrive at a command and control center set up near the apartment of Svetlana, the cursed woman from the subway train.

I felt like one of those cursed women in Grimm's fairy tales who turn into crones in a blink.

The cursed woman died, and her spirit went to join her tribe.

"These cursed women-- there's not an inch of straight grain in 'em!"

The cursed woman only wanted to talk about taking her to Tar Valon for training.

There was nothing to be done about t'Rllaillieu; throw the cursed woman into a dungheap and she came up covered with dilithium crystals.