Covent Garden lady

obsolete A promiscuous woman, often a prostitute. Those Covent Garden ladies will have nowhere to turn when they're released, so they'll most likely will end up back on the streets again. Someone needs to tell young Reginald that a woman with a reputation as a Covent Garden lady has no place being brought into this celebrated family. I'm a happily married man—I have no interest in becoming involved with a Covent Garden lady.