subs. (old).—A procuress. [Covent Garden at one time teemed with brothels: as Fielding’s The Covent Garden Tragedy (1751–2) suggests. Cf., BANKSIDE LADIES, and BARNWELL AGUE.]—See COVENT-GARDEN AGUE and ABBESS. For synonyms, see MOTHER.
subs. (old).—A procuress. [Covent Garden at one time teemed with brothels: as Fielding’s The Covent Garden Tragedy (1751–2) suggests. Cf., BANKSIDE LADIES, and BARNWELL AGUE.]—See COVENT-GARDEN AGUE and ABBESS. For synonyms, see MOTHER.
