or froe, vroe, subs. (old).—A woman; a wife; a mistress. [From the Dutch.]
1607. DEKKER, Westward Ho! Act. V., Sc. 1. Eat with ’em as hungerly as soldiers; drink as if we were FROES.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, V. Brush to your FROE and wheedle for crap, c. whip to your mistress and speak her fair to give or lend you some Money.
1754. B. MARTIN, English Dictionary (2 ed.), s.v.
1789. G. PARKER, Life’s Painter, p. 119. A flash of lightning next Bess tipt each cull and FROW.
