subs. phr. (nursery).—A little girl: an endearment, usually ‘little TWO-SHOES’ (cf. GOODY TWO-SHOES = a kind of fairy god-mother).
1858. G. ELIOT, Mr. Gilfil’s Love-Story, i. He delighted to tell the young shavers and TWO-SHOES … whenever he put pennies into [his pocket] they turned into sugar-plums or gingerbread.
