light-o'-love
noun 3
Collocations
2LIGHT-O'-LOVE + NOUN
word
ADV.
always
Definitions
noun
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
Someone who is inconstant in love; a flirt.
You light-o'-love, a word or two.
3
A promiscuous woman, a prostitute; a mistress or female lover.
That is why a priest's light-o'-love is always some honest man's wife.
He had still another turn with a light-o'-love.
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Synonyms
noun — a woman inconstant in love
- light-of-love
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Best sing it to the tune of light o' love.
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You light-o'-love, a word or two.
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That is why a priest's light-o'-love is always some honest man's wife.
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