English

Noun

Covent Garden ague ‎(plural Covent Garden agues)

1. (archaic, British slang) A venereal disease; a sexually transmitted disease.

Synonyms

• Barnwell ague, Kentish ague, ladies' fever

Related terms

• Covent Garden abbess, Covent Garden nun

References

• Barrère, Albert; Leland, Charles Godfrey (1889) A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant, volume 1, pages 275–276
• Farmer, John Stephen (1891) Slang and Its Analogues, volume 2, page 193