Dictionaries:
Covent Garden lady:
Obsolete, 19 th century term, in England, for a prostitute , from Covent-Garden , a London area famous for its brothels in past centuries. See prostitute for synonyms.See Also: bean-jacks, bear-garden language, belle boy, burdock, buttock-clingers, Chief Boot Knocka, Common Garden, Convent Garden, courting, Covent Garden, Covent Garden ague, Covent Garden lady, Covent Garden nun, feminine heart pumper, have a dash of lavender, heart-crusher, heart-smasher, high-voltage sheik, hot flame, knave of hearts, ladies' cherce, ladies' choice, ladybug, man of affairs, market dame, powder-room, proper Casanova, a, studhammer, sugar-cookie, supper-jet, tea-hound, thriller, young blade, young buck
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