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Jilt  n.  A woman who capriciously deceives her lover; a coquette; a flirt.






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"Jilt" Quotes from Famous Books



... all Madness and Folly, Alone I lie, Toss, tumble, and cry, What a happy Creature is Polly! Was e'er such a Wretch as I! With rage I redden like Scarlet, That my dear inconstant Varlet, Stark blind to my Charms, Is lost in the Arms Of that Jilt, that inveigling Harlot! Stark blind to my Charms, Is lost in the Arms Of that Jilt, that inveigling Harlot! This, this ...
— The Beggar's Opera • John Gay

... Ingelow implored: "for pity's sake, don't say you have led me on only to jilt me in ...
— The Unseen Bridgegroom - or, Wedded For a Week • May Agnes Fleming

... Jilt and smile when we adore 'em, While some Blockhead buys the Favour; Presents have more Power o'er 'em Than all our soft Love and Labour, Thus, like Zealots, with screw'd Faces, We our fooling make the greater, While we cant long winded Graces, Others ...
— Wit and Mirth: or Pills to Purge Melancholy, Vol. 5 of 6 • Various

... Kitty. He blessed me with your mother's friendship, now yours. Kitty, I'm going to jilt you." ...
— The Drums Of Jeopardy • Harold MacGrath

... if it were a thing of which she was not ashamed, and Agnes answered: "Yes, I was Sarah Agnes Morris; once for three months your grandmother's hired girl, and afterward adopted by a lady who gave me what education I possess, together with that taste for high life which prompted me to jilt your Uncle Joseph when a richer man than he ...
— Aikenside • Mary J. Holmes

... think you can jilt their sister, the girl you asked for as your wife before all the tribe, and escape their vengeance? Do you think they will not punish you, even by seeing that you die in a prison, ...
— The Camp Fire Girls at Long Lake - Bessie King in Summer Camp • Jane L. Stewart

... A foreign boat, my friend, an early hour, a figure wrapped up for disguise! Who said? If you didn't mean to jilt me, why were you there? If you didn't mean to jilt me, why did ...
— Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit • Charles Dickens



Words linked to "Jilt" :   adult female, leave, woman



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