Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Bona-roba

A courtesan (Italian); so called from the smartness of their robes or dresses.

“We knew where the bona-robas were.”

Shakespeare: 2 Henry IV., iii. 2.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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