gentry mort

plural gentry morts

1. UKobsoletethieves' cantA gentlewoman; a lady.

   No gentry mort hath prats like thine, / No cove e'er wap'd with such a one.

   1707, John Shirley, “The Maunder's Praise of his Strowling Mort”, in The Triumph of Wit

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   Chastity sighed in profound relief. To know a gentry mort like this was the most wondrous event of her life, and she craved her approval more than she did God's.

   2006, Sally Watson, The Outrageous Oriel

   You said I wasn't to use cant around a gentry mort, and here she's using it more than me.

   2015, Sabrina Jeffries, The Art of Sinning