Green’s Dictionary of Slang

a woman who allows, even encourages some physical intimacies but, however daring, will always stop short of intercourse.

1732		Progress of a Rake 12: The Girl, with whom our Dick was merry / [...] / Known by the name of Little Teazer, / Eere Dumpling-headed Dick did squeeze her.
1895		Cornhill Mag. Apr. 395: My Joan allus be a teäzer, zur, and when I’s wanted to kiss zhe, zhe zes ‘Noa, it ain’t proper.’ .
1910		H. Hapgood Types from City Streets 131: The men, generally disappointed, call these girls ‘teasers.’.
1928		C. McKay Home to Harlem 115: Youse just everybody’s teaser.
1935		(con. 1920s) J.T. Farrell Judgement Day in Studs Lonigan (1936) 731: Hot little teaser, Studs thought.
1947		I. Shulman Amboy Dukes 48: Honest, she wasn’t a teaser.
1950		H. Ellson Tomboy (1952) 157: Teasers usually end up with a kick in the teeth at least.
1965		W. Dick Bunch of Ratbags 185: She was referred to as one of those who ‘didn’t do it’ and a bit of a teaser.
1972		N.C. Heard To Reach a Dream 137: Using the ploy of most teasers she said, ‘I can’t leave my girlfriend, honey. We came together and we’ve got to leave together’.
1984		Benjamin & Pearl Limericks Down Under 27: A girl from old Ebenezer / Is known far and wide as a teaser.
1987		‘Victoria Parker’ Pay for Play Cheerleaders 🌐 ‘You girls are such teasers,’ Mr. Towson moaned.
2000		‘UK Snowy’ ‘Christmas Blackmail’ at www.asstr.org 🌐 She was such a teaser and worldly wise youngster, I gave up being cool and distant.