d. 1634–5. Randolph, In Lesbiam, etc., in Wks. (London: 1875), p.
539. And yet has no revenues to defray These charges but the madam;
she must pay His prodigal disbursements. Madams are To such as he
more than a treble share.
1719. Durfey, Pills, etc., iv. 139. Hide-Park may be called the
market of madams.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
1811. Lex. Bal., s.v.
1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, s.v.