1862. The Saturday Review, XIII. 14 June, 676/2. It is successful only because the flirt is clever, or the flirtee silly.
1891. Temple Bar Mag., XCI. Jan., 91. Three Generations of Flirtees.
| Your grandmamma, of golden locks, | |
| I flirted with, through sun and shade; | |
| I flirted with your mother, dear, | |
| In many a moonlight masquerade; | |
| And now youre sitting by my side | |
| With gauzy tresses waving wide, | |
| A winsome maid. |