Meaning of whiting-mop | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A young whiting.
   UK, obsolete
2. A pretty girl; a young or innocent woman.
   UK, obsolete

Examples

“...his silence must be, that though he beare and understand himselfe wronged, yet he must be as dumbe as a Gudgeon or a Whiting mop: and though his mouth be shut...”

“Chartley. Fear not, girl. Though I revel abroad o' days, I'll be with thee to bring o' nights, my little whiting mop.”

“Bustopha. [Reading.] The thund'ring seas whose wat'ry fire Washes the whiting-mops, The gentle whale, whose feet so fell Flies o'er the mountains' tops—”

“Mistress Birdlime. I see bashful lovers, and young bullocks, are knocked down at a blow. Come, come, drink this draught of cinnamon-water, and pluck up your spirits; up with 'em, up with 'em. Do you hear? the whiting mop has nibbled.”

“Camillo. If 'twere a fish-day, though you like it not, I could say I have a stomach, and would content myself With this pretty whiting-mop.”

“The mightiest Whales are but his Play-fellows: Sharks are bis best Familiars, but (the more His grief) his pretty Whiting Mop's on shore...”

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