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apple-squire

noun

Definitions

  1. A male servant of a prostitute.

    • With all my heart, Ile be legitimate and ſilent as an apple-ſquire, Ile ſee nothing, and ſay nothing.

  2. and (archaic) A male companion of a woman of ill-repute

    and (archaic) A male companion of a woman of ill-repute; spec. (a) the servant or personal attendant of a prostitute (or a woman regarded as unchaste or promiscuous); (b) a ‘kept’ man, a gigolo; (c) a pimp.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for apple-squire. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA