subs. phr. (venery).—1.  The female pudendum: see MONOSYLLABLE.

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  2.  (prison).—A prisoner who, unfit for physical hard work, is set to knitting stockings.

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  3.  (common).—A man with the character and habits of a woman. Also, OLD WIFE.

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  4.  (colloquial).—A wife or mother: cf. OLD MAN. See DUTCH.

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  1892.  Idler, June, p. 550. As we was a-comin’ ’ome I says to the OLD GAL, Let’s pop into the Broker’s Arms and ’ave a drop o’ beer.

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