wapping mort

English

Etymology

From wap (“to engage in sexual intercourse”) + mort (“woman”)

Noun

wapping mort (plural wapping morts)

(obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) A prostitute.
- 2012, Oakley, Beverley, The Cavalier:
  She was as willing as the wapping mort whose tunnel you chiselled last week.

Synonyms

wapping dell, wapping moll, see also Thesaurus:prostitute

References

Farmer, John Stephen (1904) Slang and Its Analogues‎, volume 7, pages 292–293
Eric Partridge, A Dictionary of the Underworld, London, Macmillan Co., 1949

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