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/laɪt-oʊ-ləv/ Listen

noun

Light-o'-love n.

An old tune of a dance, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters. "Best sing it to the tune of light-o'-love."

Hence: A light or wanton woman; a woman inconstant in love. Called also light-of-love.

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Etymology of 'Light-o'-love'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Light-o'-love" Quotes from Famous Books

... Christie; "play surprise as well as you will, you must have some guess that I am speaking of the poor fool that was my wife, till she became your lordship's light-o'-love." ...

— The Fortunes of Nigel • Sir Walter Scott

... son, never fear," said the broad window above, grinning all the length of the wall. "The son of the house been seeing his light-o'-love, and his ...

— The Song Of The Blood-Red Flower • Johannes Linnankoski

... was not unaware that many people in Kirton frowned on him as an unprincipled deceiver, or, at best, a fickle light-o'-love; he would have been much more surprised, and also more displeased, to know that there was even one who thought of him as a deluded innocent, and had determined to rescue him from the snares which ...

— Half a Hero - A Novel • Anthony Hope

... is deep, and drowned folk sleep sound, An' it might be the best to do; But when he made me a light-o'-love He made me a mother too. I've had enough sin to last my time, If 'twas sin as I got it by, But it ain't no sin to stand by his kid And work for ...

— Many Voices • E. Nesbit

... you cannot escape the destiny of all queens. The day will come when you long to be treated as a light-o'-love, to be mastered and swept off your feet by a strong man, one who will not prostrate himself in adoration before you, but will seize your arm roughly in a fit of jealousy. Macumer loves you too fondly ever to ...

— Letters of Two Brides • Honore de Balzac