"Mistress"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 8/22/2008 01:02 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>"Mistress" is _not what you think_, you filthy-minded beggars!

A genuinely serious question -- what was it (predominantly) in
mid-18th century America?  From a Boston newspaper:

"On Saturday Evening ... one Ez kiel N-d m of this Town, and another
Young Man ... was going over to Roxbury to see their Mistresses ..."

Joel

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