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feague

noun /fiːɡ/

  1. An unkempt, slatternly person.

    obsolete

    So Jack enters: / And trips up staires, as quick, as come penny, / Where we find, what's before good company! / Three female idle feaks, who long'd for pigs head.

Where it comes from

Possibly from Dutch feeks, probably from vegen (“to sweep, strike”): see etymology of feague (verb) above. Compare Middle English vecke (“old woman”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry feague (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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