† flirt-gill Obs.
(-dʒɪl)
Also flirt-gillian.
[f. flirt n. or v. + gill nickname for Juliana.]
A woman of light or loose behaviour. Cf. gill-flirt.
| 1592 Shakes. Rom. & Jul. ii. iv. 162 Scurvie knaue, I am none of his flurt-gils. 1613 Beaum. & Fl. Knt. Burning Pestle iv. i, You heard him take me vp like a flirt Gill, and sing baudy songs upon me. 1618 Fletcher Chances iii. i, As I had been a Mawkin, a flurt Gillian. |