flirtigig

English

Etymology

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Noun

flirtigig (plural flirtigigs)

1. (obsolete, Scotland) A flirtatious or cheeky girl.
   • 1914, Alber Hale Plumb, When Mayflowers Blossom:

     if a maid like that might some day marry such a man! Never an ill piece of a flirtigig will she be

References

• “flirtigig”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.