(definition) by Vulgar Tongue 1811 Tue May 03 2005 at 19:49:33
wife in water colours

A mistress, or concubine ; water colours being, like their engagements, easily effaced, or dissolved.

The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

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