Obs. [app. a further corruption of bawstrop, corrupt form of BAWDSTROTT, 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 name in a play [i.e., in Middleton’s].
