The term was a reference to women who conducted lightheaded behavior such as being spirited, impudent, coquettish or too friendly in their words and deeds, who had flirtatious tendencies or who floated from place to place like rootless wanderers.
意味としてはお転婆、生意気、媚を売る、馴れ馴れしいなど軽はずみな言動をする女性や浮気性や根無し草のように住処を転々とする女性をさす。