or hedge-bit, subs. (old: now recognised).—A filthy harlot working in the open air.

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  1598.  FLORIO, A Worlde of Wordes, s.v. Zambracca, a common-HEDGE-WHORE, strumpet, a base harlot.

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  1785.  GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.

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