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flirt-gills

flirt-gills is the plural of flirt-gill.

Meaning of flirt-gill

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
    Synonyms:
    promiscuous woman

Questions about flirt-gills

What is flirt-gills the plural of?
Flirt-gills is the plural of flirt-gill.

Words near flirt-gills in the dictionary

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

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