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jilt (jilt)

noun

Now Rare a woman who rejects a lover or suitor after accepting or encouraging him

Etymology: < jillet, dim. of Jill

transitive verb

to reject or cast off (a previously accepted lover, etc.)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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