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tomrig

tomrig is the alternative spelling of tomrigg.

Meaning of tomrigg

Noun

tomrigg (plural tomriggs)

  1. (archaic) A rude, wild, wanton or masculine girl
    • And yet in the very next Canto she appears an arrant Ramp and a Tomrigg;[…]1728, John Dennis, Remarks on Mr. Pope's Rape of the lock. In several letters to a friend. With a preface, occasion'd by the late Treatise on the profound, and the Dunciad., London: J. Roberts, page...
    Synonyms:
    hoiden, hoyden, tomboy

Forms of tomrig

pluraltomrigs

Questions about tomrig

What is tomrig the alternative spelling of?
Tomrig is the alternative spelling of tomrigg.

Words near tomrig in the dictionary

  1. tompouce
  2. tompouces
  3. TOMPs
  4. Tompsett
  5. Tompson
  6. tomrig
  7. tomrigg
  8. tomrigs
  9. toms
  10. Toms Creek
  11. Toms o' Bedlam

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