subs. (common).—1. A prostitute; in pl. = the stock in trade of a brothel. See BARRACK-HACK, TART, and GAY. Fr., fille.
2. (colloquial).—A mistress; a MASH (q.v.).
3. In pl. (venery).—The sex—or that part of it which is given to unchastity—in general; hence THE GIRLS = lechery.
AFTER THE GIRLS. HE’S BEEN AFTER THE GIRLS, verb. phr. (common).—Said of one with clap or pox.
