A woman of the town; a prostitute. To be on the town: to live by prostitution.
·adv & ·prep The court end of London;-- commonly with the. II. Town ·adv & ·prep A farm or farmstea...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun A town officer who makes proclamations to the people; the public crier of a town. ...
Shown to the north of Christ's Hospital (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755). The Ditch was actually covere...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
A common whoremaster. To roar like a town bull; to cry or bellow aloud. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
a farm-yard. Cornw. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
An officer in a garrison specially supervising the detail of the guards, and of other local current ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
the title ascribed in our version to the magistrate at Ephesus who appeased the mob in the theatre a...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
A rake, a debauchee. ...
A prostitute. ...