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flirt-gill
† 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 li... Oxford English Dictionary
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gill-flirt
gill-flirt (ˈdʒɪlflɜːt) Also 7–8 Jil(l)-flirt. [f. gill n.4 + flirt n. 5; cf. flirt-gill.] A young woman or girl of a wanton or giddy character. Now only arch.1632 Sherwood, A Gill, or gill-flirt [Cotgr. 1611 has ‘gill, flirt’, s.v. Gaultiere]. 1673 Wycherley Gentl. Dancing-Mast. iii, 'Tis your dain... Oxford English Dictionary
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gillian
† gillian Obs. [a. F. Juliane, a. L. Jūliāna, f. Jūlius, a Roman gentile name.] A girl, wench. (= gill n.4)1618 [see flirt-gill]. 1625 Fletcher & Shirley Nt. Walker ii. iii, De'e bring your Gillians hither? nay, she's punish'd, you[r] conceal'd love's cas'd up? c 1685 Bagford Ball. (1878) App., Seei... Oxford English Dictionary
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