| 释义 |
† ˈbronstrops Obs.
[app. a further corruption of bawstrop, corrupt form of bawdstrot, q.v.]
A procuress or bawd. (Frequent in Middleton.)
1617Middleton Fair Quarr. iv. i, I say thy sister is a bronstrops. Ibid. iv. iv. etc. 1661Webster Cure for Cuckold iv. i, A tweak or bronstrops: I learned that name in a play [i.e. in Middleton's]. |