Meaning

1 senses
  1. (British, archaic, plural, plural only, slang)The clothing worn for horseback riding by the prostitutes on Lady's Mile in Hyde Park (the carriageway along the northern bank of the Serpentine).

Origin

Pun on abandoned (“immoral”) habit and riding habit (“woman's garment for horseback riding

Pun on abandoned (“immoral”) habit and riding habit (“woman's garment for horseback riding”).

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Forms

plural: abandoned habitses

See also

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