Covent Garden nun

== English == === Etymology === A reference to the brothels and prostitutes that were once common in and around Covent Garden in London. === Noun === Covent Garden nun (plural Covent Garden nuns) (archaic, British slang) A prostitute. ==== Synonyms ==== nun (“prostitute”), see also Thesaurus:prostitute ==== Related terms ==== Covent Garden abbess, Covent Garden ague === References === Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890), “Covent Garden nun”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, pages 275–276. John S[tephen] Farmer; W[illiam] E[rnest] Henley, compilers (1891), “Covent Garden nun”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume II, [London: […] Harrison and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 193.