Green’s Dictionary of Slang

a red-headed person.

c.1698		B.E. Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: Sorrel-pate, red Hair’d.
1785, 1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1811		Lex. Balatronicum.
1823		Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.