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Jilt: According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a "jilt" was a woman "who had lost her chastity; a harlot or strumpet; a kept mistress." Another contemporary meaning of this word was "a woman who gives her lover hopes and deceives him; one who capriciously casts off a lover after giving him encouragement." These meanings imply that, not only has Ruth been unfaithful to Benjamin, but may also merely be leading on her lover Timothy. |