Jilt shop
Jilt shop is an archaic term for an establishment frequented by B-girls ("bargirls"). == Etymology == Jilt originally meant "harlot" or "woman who gives hope then dashes it"; to jilt meant "to deceive (especially after holding out hopes), cheat, trick." In William Wycherley's Love in the Wood (1671), II.i.141, Sir Simon complains of a "Mistress of mine...whom I treated to night at the French-house; but as soon as the Jilt had eat up my meat, and drank her two bottles, she run away from me." In the 19th century, George W. Matsell defined "jilt" as "a prostitute who hugs and kisses a countryman while her accomplice robs him." == History == Ann Street, Boston's red-light district in the 19th century, was lined with "jilt shops"—saloons, dance halls, gambling dens, and brothels—whose primary purpose was to lure customers for robbery.