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CLOVEN, Cleave, or Cleft,

used of a young Woman who passes for a Maid, and is not one.

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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.

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CLINKER
CLINKERS
CLOAK-TWITCHERS
CLOD-HOPPER
CLOUD
CLOVEN
CLOUT
To CLOY
CLOYERS
CLOYING
CLOWES

Nearby:

Cloven in the 1811 Vulgar Tongue

Also see examples in Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes collected by John S. Farmer (1896).