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Grammar : Verb
Spell : jilt
Phonetic Transcription : dʒɪlt



Definition of jilt

Origin :
  • "to deceive (especially after holding out hopes), cheat, trick," 1660s, from the same source as jilt (n.). Related: Jilted; jilting.
  • verb abandon, betray
Example sentences :
  • It means, jilt Miss Nicotine in haste, and repent at leisure.
  • Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet
  • The staid sober lover—let him take care the pretty Clara does not jilt him.
  • Extract from : « Frank Fairlegh » by Frank E. Smedley
  • She could not jilt him; there was something vulgar in the word!
  • Extract from : « The Island Pharisees » by John Galsworthy
  • Katherine to jilt Mr. Odd, and you so dangerously ill, Hilda.
  • Extract from : « The Dull Miss Archinard » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
  • Put your hat straight, fan your eyes, and tell me all about this jilt of yours.
  • Extract from : « A Bottle in the Smoke » by Milne Rae
  • To be so sordid a jilt, to betray me to such a beast as that!
  • Extract from : « Thomas Otway » by Thomas Otway
  • Pox on her for a jilt, she lies, and has a mind to amuse and laugh at me a day or two longer.
  • Extract from : « Thomas Otway » by Thomas Otway
  • We have been thinking that Jim was going to jilt you, Amelia!
  • Extract from : « Alas! » by Rhoda Broughton
  • If she be a jilt—Damn her, she is one—there's her name at the bottom on't.
  • Extract from : « The Recruiting Officer » by George Farquhar
  • It was abominable of him to jilt that girl, let alone proposing to me.
  • Extract from : « A Top-Floor Idyl » by George van Schaick

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