gentry mortとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

gentry mort (複数形 gentry morts)

1. (obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) A gentlewoman; a lady.
   • 1707, Shirley, John, “The Maunder's Praise of his Strowling Mort”, in The Triumph of Wit:

     No gentry mort hath prats like thine, / No cove e'er wap'd with such a one.

   • 2006, Watson, Sally, The Outrageous Oriel:

     Chastity sighed in profound relief. To know a gentry mort like this was the most wondrous event of her life, and she craved her approval more than she did God's.

   • 2015, Jeffries, Sabrina, The Art of Sinning:

     You said I wasn't to use cant around a gentry mort, and here she's using it more than me.