Covent Garden ague
English
editEtymology
editA reference to the brothels and prostitutes that were once common in and around Covent Garden in London.
Noun
editCovent Garden ague (plural Covent Garden agues)
- (archaic, British slang) A venereal disease; a sexually transmitted disease.
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editReferences
edit- Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890) “Covent Garden ague”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, pages 275–276.
- John S[tephen] Farmer; W[illiam] E[rnest] Henley, compilers (1891) “Covent Garden ague”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume II, [London: […] Harrison and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 193.