subs. phr. (old).—1. A young and pretty girl; hence (2) an endearment: also WHITING.
d. 1529. SKELTON, The Tunnynge of Elynoure Rummynge.
| That can my husband saye | |
| Whan we kysse and playe | |
| In lust and in likynge | |
| He calleth me his WHITING. |
1637. MASSINGER, The Guardian, iv. 2.
| I have a stomach, and would content myself | |
| With this pretty WHITING-MOP. |
1665. Homer à la Mode.
| He bids thee without further stops, | |
| Arme th’ Greekes, with heads like WHITING MOPS. |
