Terms vs Waistcoateer - What's the difference?
terms | waistcoateer |
(obsolete) One wearing a waistcoat; especially, a woman wearing one uncovered, or thought fit for such a habit; hence, a loose woman; strumpet.
* Do you think you are here, sir,
Amongst your waistcoateers , your base wenches? — Beaumont and Fletcher.
* 1822 , Sir Walter Scott, The Fortunes of Nigel
As nouns the difference between terms and waistcoateer
is that terms is while waistcoateer is (obsolete) one wearing a waistcoat; especially, a woman wearing one uncovered, or thought fit for such a habit; hence, a loose woman; strumpet.waistcoateer
English
(Webster 1913)Noun
(en noun)Amongst your waistcoateers , your base wenches? — Beaumont and Fletcher.
- Thou knowest well that, from Mrs. Deputy's self down to the waistcoateers in the alley, all of them are twiring and peeping betwixt their fingers when you pass; and yet you call yourself a miserable dog!
