wagtail:

Or: wag-tail :

1. Shakesperean term for a promiscuous man or woman .

2. From the 18 ^th century onward, a lewd or promiscuous woman or a prostitute . See playgirl and prostitute for synonyms. Captain Francis Grose, in his Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1811) defines the term as: ' A lewd-woman .'

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