The Spectator, No. 454 (11 August 1712) [ Places / Transport ]
… Maid. I saw immediately she was of the Family of the Vainloves . There are a set of these who of all Things affect the Play of Blindman's-Buff , and leading Men into Love for they know not whom, who are fled they know not where. This sort of Woman is usually a janty Slattern; she hangs on her Cloaths, plays her Head, varies her Posture, and changes Place incessantly, and all with an Appearance of striving at the same …
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