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flirt-gill

flirt-gill noun: a flirtatious, promiscuous, or loose woman.

Noun

flirt-gill (plural flirt-gills)

  1. (obsolete) A flirtatious, promiscuous, or loose woman.
    • Scurvy / knave! I am none of his flirt-gills. I am none of his / skains-mates.c. 1591–1595, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, act 2, scene 4
    • You heard him take me up like a flirt-gill, and sing bawdy songs upon me;1607, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, The Knight of the Burning Pestle, act 4, scene 1
    Synonyms:
    promiscuous woman

Synonyms of flirt-gill

  • promiscuous woman

Forms of flirt-gill

pluralflirt-gills
alternative formflirt-gillian

Origin of flirt-gill

From flirt (“one who teases affection”) + gill (“prostitute, harlot”).

Questions about flirt-gill

What does flirt-gill mean?
Flirt-gill means a flirtatious, promiscuous, or loose woman.
What part of speech is flirt-gill?
Flirt-gill is a noun.
What is the plural of flirt-gill?
The plural of flirt-gill is flirt-gills.

Words near flirt-gill in the dictionary

  1. fliptastic
  2. fliptop
  3. FLIR
  4. FLIRs
  5. flirt
  6. flirt-gill
  7. flirt-gills
  8. flirtable
  9. flirtaholic
  10. flirtaholics
  11. flirtation

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