Flirt-gill

Flirt-gill
Flirt-gill Flirt"-gill`, n. A woman of light behavior; a gill-flirt. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

You heard him take me up like a flirt-gill. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]


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