subs. (common).—A wife; a COMFORTABLE IMPORTANCE (q.v.).
1647–80. ROCHESTER, Works (1718), ii. 29.
| IMPORTANCE drank too, tho’ she’d been no sinner, | |
| To wash away some dregs he had spewed in her. |
subs. (common).—A wife; a COMFORTABLE IMPORTANCE (q.v.).
1647–80. ROCHESTER, Works (1718), ii. 29.
| IMPORTANCE drank too, tho’ she’d been no sinner, | |
| To wash away some dregs he had spewed in her. |
