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giglot (adj.)
whore-like, fickle, giddy
giglot (n.)
harlot, strumpet, wanton
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Cym III.i.32
[Queen to Cymbeline, of Cassibelan] who was once at point / (O giglot fortune!) to master Caesar's sword