subs. (old).—A mistress. For synonyms, see BARRACK-HACK and TART.
1676. ETHEREGE, The Man of Mode, III., iii., in wks. (1704), 233. Dorimant’s CONVENIENT, Madam Loveit.
1688. SHADWELL, The Squire of Alsatia, II., in wks. (1720) iv., 47. But where’s your lady, captain, and the blowing, that is to be my natural, my CONVENIENT, my pure? Ibid., I., iv., p. 22. Shamwell. Thou art i’ th’ right; but, captain, where’s the CONVENIENT, the Natural? Hackum. Why, at my house; my wife has brought her into a good humour; she is very pretty.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
1811. GROSE and CLARKE, Lexicon Balatronicum, s.v.
