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tomrigg

tomrigg noun: a rude, wild, wanton or masculine girl.

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

Synonyms of tomrigg

Forms of tomrigg

pluraltomriggs

Origin of tomrigg

See tomboy and rig.

Questions about tomrigg

What does tomrigg mean?
Tomrigg means a rude, wild, wanton or masculine girl.
What part of speech is tomrigg?
Tomrigg is a noun.
What is the plural of tomrigg?
The plural of tomrigg is tomriggs.

Words near tomrigg in the dictionary

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

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