Romp (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Romp

A forward wanton girl, a tomrig. Grey, in his notes to Shakespeare, derives it from arompo, an animal found in South Guinea, that is a man eater. See Hoyden.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

Romeville * Rook

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Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

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