† dey-wifen.
Obsolete.
A dairy woman.
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deya1000
dey-wife1495
milkmaid1552
cream-pot1580
milkmadge1582
dey-woman1598
whowball1598
dairymaid1616
milk-girl1789
dey-girl1828
milkeress1839
gopi1880
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > dairy farming > [noun] > dairy-farmer > milkmaid
deya1000
dey-wife1495
milkmaid1552
cream-pot1580
milkmadge1582
dey-woman1598
whowball1598
dairymaid1616
milk-girl1789
dey-girl1828
milkeress1839
gopi1880
1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xix. lxxiv. sig. ll.iv/2 This nowne Caseus comyth of Cadendo, fallynge, for it [sc. cheese]..slydeth oute bytwene the fyngres of the Deye wyfe [a1398 BL Add. the deye].
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 212/2 Dey wyfe, meterie.
1547 W. Salesbury Dict. Eng. & Welshe Hanodwraic, deywyfe.
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