Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(UK Und.) a woman.

1703		Hell Upon Earth 5: Dodsey, a Woman.
1708		J. Hall Memoirs (1714) 12: Dodsey, a Woman.
c.1786		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue ms. additions n.p.: Dodsey. A woman. Cant. Perhaps a corruption of Doxey.
1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue (3rd edn) n.p.:
1811		Lex. Balatronicum.
1812–82		B.M. Carew Life and Adventures.
1823		Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1845		Nat. Police Gaz. (NY) 8 Nov. 91/4: War among the ‘Dodseys’.— Quite an eruption has broken out among the domestic partners of George Potter, Bob Pinkerton [etc].
c.1850		Duncombe New and Improved Flash Dict.