Article (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

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A wench. A prime article. A handsome girl. She’s a prime article (Whip slang), she’s a devilish good piece, a hell of a goer.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

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