subs. (old).—1. A familiar term for a woman: specifically a young girl; a MOP (q.v. sense 4).
2. (common).—See quots.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v. MOPSEY. A dowdy, or homely woman.
1859. G. W. MATSELL, Vocabulum; or, The Rogue’s Lexicon, s.v. MOPSY. A short dowdy woman.
