| 释义 |
ˈhill-woman
A woman who lives on a hill or belongs to a hill-tribe; also, a forewoman in a dust-yard: cf. hill-man 1 a, 3 a.
1851Mayhew Lond. Labour (1861) II. 173/2 The perquisites of the hill-man or hill-woman, are rags, bones, pieces of old metal, etc. 1895Sir W. Hunter Old Missionary iv. 109 An aged grey-haired hillwoman. |