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bawdstrot
† ˈbawdstrot Obs. Forms: 4 baudstrot, 5 bawdstrot(t, baustrott, balde- baldystrot, bawstrop. [Identical with OF. baudetrot: Godefroy, s.v., quotes ‘pronuba, baudetrot,’ from a Latin-French glossary of 13th c. This, with the Eng. forms, indicates an earlier OF. baldestrot, baudestrot, the first eleme...
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bawd
▪ I. bawd, n.1 (bɔːd) Forms: 4–5 bauude, 4–7 baude, 4–6 bawde, 6 bawed, 6–7 baud, 6– bawd. [Of uncertain origin: the original sense shows no approach to that of OF. baud, baude, ‘bold, lively, gay, merry’ (see baude), to which it has often been referred: even allowing that ‘gay’ might have passed in...
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bronstrops
† ˈbronstrops Obs. [app. a further corruption of bawstrop, corrupt form of bawdstrot, q.v.] A procuress or bawd. (Frequent in Middleton.)1617 Middleton Fair Quarr. iv. i, I say thy sister is a bronstrops. Ibid. iv. iv. etc. 1661 Webster Cure for Cuckold iv. i, A tweak or bronstrops: I learned that n...
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trot
▪ I. trot, n.1 (trɒt) Also 3–7 trott, 5–6 trotte, 5–7 trote. [a. F. trot (12th c. in Godef. Compl.), verbal n. of trotter to trot.] I. 1. a. A gait of a quadruped, originally of a horse, between walking and running, in which the legs move in diagonal pairs almost together, so that in a slow trot the...
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