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Jailbait

//ˈd͡ʒeɪlbeɪt// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A sexually mature person below, or appearing to be below, the legal age of consent, who is regarded, usually by an adult, as being sexually attractive and/or seductive. slang, uncountable, usually

    ""The first time she modelled for Edward Weston, in March 1934, Charis Wilson knew she didn’t look good. At 20 she was “a piece of jailbait”, a mere child, especially with the stumpy plaits into which she sometimes twisted her hair.""

Etymology

From jail + bait, from the fact that statutory rape can result, for the adult committing it, in incarceration.

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