Obs. [app. f. TWIG v.2 + -ER1.] A vigorous prolific breeder: orig. said of a ewe; hence slang, an unchaste or lascivious person; esp. a strumpet, a harlot.
1573. [see TWIG v.2].
1594. Marlowe & Nashe, Dido, IV. v. Go, you wag! You’ll be a twigger when you come to age.
c. 1613. Middleton, No Wit like Wom., IV. i. The mother of her was a good twigger.
1694. Motteux, Rabelais, V. Pantagr, Prognost., v. Those whom Venus is said to Rule, as Punks, Jills, Flirts,… Whipsters, Twiggers, Harlots, Kept-wenches … will be famous this Year.
