Meaning of light-o'-love | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An old tune of a dance, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters.
2. Someone who is inconstant in love; a flirt.
3. A promiscuous woman, a prostitute; a mistress or female lover.

Examples

“Best sing it to the tune of light o' love.”

“You light-o'-love, a word or two.”

“That is why a priest's light-o'-love is always some honest man's wife.”

“He had still another turn with a light-o'-love.”

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