Green’s Dictionary of Slang

twist (and twirl) n.

a girl.

1905		Duke Tritton’s Letter n.p.: I hopped in. We drove about ten miles to his place and he introduced me to his Cheese and Kisses and four Tin Lids, two Mother’s Joys and two Twist and Twirls.
1907		Brisbane Courier 29 May 6/3: Thieves‘ patter, such as ‘Jack-scratch’ for match, ‘twist and twirl’ for girl [...] is used to a limited extent in some aschools.
1910		Truth (Perth) 1 Oct. 4/7: Yes, our language is a pearl, / Bishop Wright, / But every ‘twist-and-twirl’ / ’S got it right; / Every ‘donah,’ every ‘tart’ / Knows the whole thing off by heart.
1912		Sport (Adelaide) 19 Oct. 13/2: They Say [...] That Curly C. has not been seen with his ‘twist’ [...] lately.
1914		N.Z. Truth 31 Jan. 2/8: Do you get the twist and twirl [...] going down the other Peggy Pryde (the other side) of the frog and toad.
1919		T.A. Dorgan In Judge Rummy’s Court 23 Oct. [synd. strip cartoon] ‘His storm and strife comes in and sits and the next table.’ ‘An’ him out with a strange twist and twirl’.
1922		Oakland Trib. 13 Apr. 1/2: If you lay down the boffo for that, I’ll give that flatwheeler the air, and then I’ll be your twist.
1924		G.H. Lawson Dict. of Aus. Words And Terms 🌐 TWIST AND TWIRL--A girl.
1928		T.A. Dorgan in Zwilling TAD Lex. (1993) 57: I hear that a merry mucilage drummer hijacked Alfred for his twist and twirl last week.
1933		‘Goat’ Laven Rough Stuff 145: One night I was walking along a street waiting for a little ‘twist and twirl’ (girl).
1934		J.L. Kuethe ‘Prison Parlance’ in AS IX:1 28: twist and twirl. A girl.
1941		West. Australian (Perth) 12 Apr. 4: The twist and twirl and the stir and strife, / In the froth and foam of our former life.
1944		Maurer & Baker ‘“Aus.” Rhyming Argot’ in AS XIX:3.
1948		Sun. Times (Perth) 25 Apr. 35/2: Mince-pie for eye; lump of lead for head; twist and twirl for girl; storm and strife for wife.
1953		W.L. Alderson ‘Carnie Talk’ in AS XXVIII:2 119: twists and twirls, n. Girls.
1956		H. Gold Man Who Was Not With It (1965) 154: I’m just as good as any of those Pittsburgh twist-and-twirls.
1960, 1975		Wentworth & Flexner DAS.
1972		Dodson & Saczek Dict. of Cockney Rhy. Sl.
1983		R. Aven-Bray Ridgey-Didge Oz Jack Lang 7: ‘Want a twist an’ twirl, luv?’ she verballed in anticipation.
1990		Tupper & Wortley Aus. Prison Sl. Gloss. 🌐 Twist and Twirl. Rhyming slang for girl.
2002		D. Shaw ‘Dead Beard’ at www.asstr.org 🌐 The only bummer is that Monica, my trouble and strife, she keeps coming along with me to make sure I don’t apple core with any of the local twists and twirls.