Green’s Dictionary of Slang

pricktease n.

[pricktease v.]

1. a woman (or man in a homosexual context) who appears to be offering unrestrained sexual favours but stops short of intercourse, leaving the male partner frustrated.

[UK]L. Dunne Goodbye to The Hill (1966) 65: Not only was she cheeky but she was a right prick-tease with it.
[US]L. Heinemann Paco’s Story (1987) 186: The only person he can think of is Cathy, the prick tease, from down the hall.
[UK]Stage (London) 28 Jan. 23/5: Angelica [...] is little more than a professional pricktease.
[US]H. Rawson Dict. of Invective (1991) 310: The term may be elaborated in many ways, e.g., silly prick, stupid prick, prick face, and prick tease(r).
[US]Sandmann ‘Burning Down the House’ Planet Sex Stories 🌐 I smiled at him and continued my pricktease.
[Aus]L. Redhead Rubdown [ebook] I don’t have time for prickteases.
[UK]A. Wheatle Dirty South 125: She’s a cock sore, bruv a prick tease.
[US] N. Flexner Disassembled Man [ebook] Lady luck was nothing more than a pricktease.
[Aus]T. Spicer Good Girl Stripped Bare 19: ‘Well, you’re dressed for it [...] Don’t be a prick tease’.
[UK]R. Milward Man-Eating Typewriter 188: W1 was all razzle, fruit and pricktease.

2. in fig. use, any person or thing that keeps people wanting more.

[UK]Indep. Rev. 11 Sept. 5: The longest prick-tease in cinema history comes to an end.
[UK]Indep. Rev. 1 Feb. 9: Our readers [...] might again want something more than a glossy pricktease.