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jail·bait

(jāl′bāt′)

n. Slang

A person below the age of consent with whom sexual intercourse can constitute statutory rape.

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jailbait

(ˈdʒeɪlˌbeɪt)

slang a young woman, or young women collectively, considered sexually attractive but below the age of consent

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jail•bait

(ˈdʒeɪlˌbeɪt)

n. Slang.

a girl with whom sexual intercourse is punishable as statutory rape because she is under the legal age of consent.

[1930–35, Amer.]

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