subs. (old).—A wanton; a flirt. For synonyms, see BARRACK-HACK and TART.
1598. FLORIO, A Worlde of Wordes.
1611. COTGRAVE, Dictionarie. Gaultiere: f. A whore, punke, drab, queane, GILL, FLIRT, strumpet, cockatrice, mad wench, common hackney, good one.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. A proud minx.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
1811. GROSE and CLARKE, Lexicon Balatronicum, s.v.
