subs. (university).—Members of St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge.—See quot. Obsolete.
1889. C. WHIBLEY, ed. In Cap and Gown, p. xxix. It is said that the members of St. Catharine’s Hall were first of all called ‘Puritans,’ from the derivation of the name of their patroness from καθαίρειν. The dove being the emblem of purity, to change a name from ‘Puritans’ to ‘DOVES’ was but one short step.
SOILED-DOVES, subs. (common).—High-class prostitutes. For synonyms, see BARRACK-HACK and TART.
