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It's the classic Hare setup, a collision between two people who see life differently but are nonetheless connected: a successful Thatcher-era businessman and his former mistress, a schoolteacher in London's East End.
However, a previous meaning is given in Grove's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1796): sweet heart, a girl's lover or a man's mistress.
A scan of the headlines found cheek-by-jowl on the WP 's Page A6 provides an interesting snapshot of the life of the modern Cabinet officer: "[Ex-HUD Secretary] Cisneros's Ex-Mistress Pleads Guilty," "[Labor Secretary] Herman Denies Allegations of Influence-Selling Scheme," and "Two Tyson Foods Executive Indicted Over Gifts to [Ex-Agriculture Secretary] Espy."
The movie is a remake of a 1980 John Cassavetes sausage (a rare formula picture for the maverick director) about a gangster's mistress (Gena Rowlands, who has a cameo here) who stands up to her lover by rescuing a little Spanish boy whose family has been wiped out by mobsters.
A plot in which Eastwood, as a cat burglar, spies Hackman, as the U.S. president, murdering his mistress is deemed cartoonish and incredible.