ramp v.1
of a woman, to act in a promiscuous manner; to work as a prostitute.
Lesclarcissement de la Langue Francoyse n.p.: Verbes: Rampe, I playe the callet. | ||
Ralph Roister Doister II iv: Is all your delight and joy / In whisking and ramping abroad, like a Tom-boy? | ||
Dict. of Fr. and Eng. Tongues n.p.: Gadriller. (A wench) to raump, or play the rig. | ||
‘Session of Ladies’ in Court Satires of the Restoration (1976) 211: Villiers, who passed for a Maid of the Queen, Came ramping along to supply her great need. | ||
Immodest Wearing of Hoop-Petticoats I 35: ’Tis not Money [...] Swearing, Poysoning, Ramping. |