subs. (old).—A bedfellow: specifically a concubine. Cf. LUDBY and LOTEBY.
1632. R. BROME, The Northern Lasse, v. 1. Con. He is wed alreadie, Sir. Another wife would gar him be put down at Gallows; and I would not be she for all the worldlie good that ere I saw with both mine eyen. And o’ my Conscience I’le be none of his LIGBY, for twice so mickle.
1684. LACY, Sauny the Scot, ii. 1. He means to make one of your lasses his wench—that is, his love and his LIGBY.
