Covent Garden lady
Covent Garden lady
obsolete A promiscuous woman, often a prostitute. Those Covent Garden ladies will have nowhere to turn when they're released, so they'll most likely will end up back on the streets again. Someone needs to tell young Reginald that a woman with a reputation as a Covent Garden lady has no place being brought into this celebrated family.
See also: Covent, garden, lady
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- Covent
- Covent Garden nun
- wagtail
- lady
- painted cat
- alley cat
- lady of the night
- lady of the evening
- scarlet woman
- ladies' room