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Light-o'-love   Listen
noun
Light-o'-love  n.  
1.
An old tune of a dance, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters. "Best sing it to the tune of light-o'-love."
2.
Hence: A light or wanton woman; a woman inconstant in love. Called also light-of-love.





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"Light-o'-love" Quotes from Famous Books



... Christie; "play surprise as well as you will, you must have some guess that I am speaking of the poor fool that was my wife, till she became your lordship's light-o'-love." ...
— The Fortunes of Nigel • Sir Walter Scott


Words linked to "Light-o'-love" :   light-of-love


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