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Mr. SPECTATOR, 'I do not know that you have ever touched upon a certain species of Women, whom we ordinarily call Jilts.

From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Addison, Joseph

I have plaid a fine Card truly, now shall I be number'd with those doating Fools, her Pride encourages, then Jilts, and laughs at.

From The Fine Lady's Airs (1709) by Baker, Thomas, fl. 1700-1709

No, no, Pox on't, all Women are not Jilts.

From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Summers, Montague

As therefore I shall in the Speculations which regard Love be as severe as I ought on Jilts and Libertine Women, so will I be as little merciful to insignificant and mischievous Men.

From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph

"Blast the Jilts, whatever that is!" the fat man snapped.

From It Could Be Anything by Finlay, Virgil