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Thread #142950 Message #3298147
Posted By: Noreen
28-Jan-12 - 06:18 PM
Thread Name: Peggy Ramsey - please translate Scots-English
Subject: RE: Peggy Ramsey - pls transl Scots-English
From "A dictionary of sexual language and imagery in Shakespearean and Stuart literature" by Gordon Williams: link from google books
gig 1. a wanton lass...
2. 'Woman's Privities' ... (ahem... you need to read this yourself...) certainly the lady in Bonny Peggy Ramsay (1707; D'Urfey V139) is well-equipped:
"square is her wethergig made like a mill"