parnel

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  1. A young woman; often in a bad sense, a slut. But these tender pernels must have one gown for the day, another for the night. Pilkington, Works, p. 56.(Halliwell.) Panels [read parnels] march by two and three, Saying, Sweetheart, come with me. Old Lincolnshire Ballad.(Halliwell.)

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  1. from Middle English pernel, purnele, a common woman, a slut; a familiar use, like gill, jill, gillian, of a frequent feminine name Pernel, from Old French Peronelle, from Middle Latin Petronilla, a woman's name, a saint so named, from Latin Petro(n-), a man's name, Late Latin Petrus, a man's name, Peter, from Greek Πέτρος, Peter, literally ‘rock’: see peter, pier, etc.
 

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