A term of reproach to women.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Light or lewd women.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Merriam-Webster

Shrew

1811 Vulgar Tongue

A hagged old woman; a miserable, scraggy, worn-out harlot, fit to take her bawd’s degree: derived from the French word HARIDELLE, a worn-out jade of a horse or mare.

1811 Vulgar Tongue

A wench. A prime article. A handsome girl. She’s a prime article (whip slang), she’s a devilish good piece, a hell of a goer.

Merriam-Webster

A thing of a particular and distinctive kind .

Additionally…

That construction worker who whistles at you thinks you are a prime article.