Jane-of-apes

English

Noun

Jane-of-apes (plural not attested)

  1. (nonce word, obsolete, rare) A silly, pert girl; a female jackanapes.
    • 1624, Phillip [i.e., Philip] Massinger, The Bond-man: An Antient Storie. […], London: […] Edw[ard] Allde, for Iohn Harison and Edward Blackmore, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
      Poliph. […] And, if you wish us joy, join with us in / A dance at our wedding. / Grac. Agreed; for I have thought of / A most triumphant one, which shall express / We are lords, and these our slaves. / Poliph. But we shall want / A woman. / Grac. No, here's Jane-of-apes shall serve; / Carry your body swimming.
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