twigger

English

Etymology

From twig +‎ -er.

Noun

twigger (plural twiggers)

1. (UK, archaic) A fornicator.
   • 1594, Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Nash[e], The Tragedie of Dido Queene of Carthage: […], London: […] Widdowe Orwin, for Thomas Woodcocke, […], →OCLC, Act IV, signature F, verso:

     [G]oe ye vvagge, / Youle be a tvvigger vvhen you come to age.

Further reading

• “twigger”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.