Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which is active or energetic. Compare
twig , intransitive verb - noun A wanton person of either sex.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun engraving A fornicator.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK, archaic A
fornicator .
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Examples
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_Vn Chaperon fait à i'en veux_, A notable whipster or twigger; a good one I warrant her.
Caxton's Book of Curtesye Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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LCB will be hunting hangover remedeez vewwy soon….don’t let Mr. Fudd pull teh twigger on dat shotgun!
I no wanna go to da fancee partee, - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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I could do better if I could only keep my eyeth open, but the minute I begin to pull the twigger my eyeth go shut, and I can't help it. "
Frank Merriwell's Reward Burt L. Standish 1905
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