Sentence:  "Mate," said the Cockney, after we'd finished about half the bottle, "it comes to me that we're a couple o' blightin' idjits to be workin' for a <WSD>skirt</WSD>." / "What d'ya mean?" I asked, taking a pull at the bottle. / "Well, 'ere's us, two red-blooded 'e-men, takin' orders from a lousy little frail, 'andin' the swag h'over to 'er, and takin' wot she warnts to 'and us, w'en we could 'ave the 'ole lot. Take this job 'ere now--" 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A woman.