subs. (old).—A whore: cf. PLOVER.
c. 1720. Old Song. [FARMER, Merry Songs and Ballads (1897), iv. 247], ‘The Courtier and Country Maid.’
| Go home, ye Fop, where Game’s not dear, | |
| And for half Crown a Doxey get, | |
| But seek no more a PARTRIDGE here. |
subs. (old).—A whore: cf. PLOVER.
c. 1720. Old Song. [FARMER, Merry Songs and Ballads (1897), iv. 247], ‘The Courtier and Country Maid.’
| Go home, ye Fop, where Game’s not dear, | |
| And for half Crown a Doxey get, | |
| But seek no more a PARTRIDGE here. |
