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English
Etymology
Pun on abandoned (“immoral”) habit and riding habit (“woman's garment for horseback riding”).
Noun
abandoned habits pl (plural only)
- (archaic, British slang) The clothing worn for horseback riding by the prostitutes on Lady's Mile in Hyde Park (the carriageway along the northern bank of the Serpentine).
References
- Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890) “abandoned habits”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant , volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, page 2.
- John S[tephen] Farmer, compiler (1890) “abandoned habits”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. , volume I, Thomas Poulter and Sons] , →OCLC, page 3.