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English
Etymology
A reference to the brothels and prostitutes that were once common in and around Covent Garden in London.
Noun
Covent Garden abbess (plural Covent Garden abbesses)
- (archaic, British slang) A procuress; a woman who procures customers for prostitutes.
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- Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890) “Covent Garden abbess”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant , volumes I (A–K), Edinburgh: The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, pages 275–276.
- John S[tephen] Farmer; W[illiam] E[rnest] Henley, compilers (1891) “Covent Garden abbess”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. , volume II, Harrison and Sons] , →OCLC, page 193.