† dey-womann.
Obsolete exc. dialect.
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
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. ii. 124 For this Damsell I must keepe her at the Parke, she is alowde for the Day womand [sic; 1623 Day-woman].
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ix, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 224 The dey, or farm-woman, entered with her pitchers, to deliver the milk for the family.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ix, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 225 The warder..averred he saw the dey-woman depart.
1890 J. D. Robertson Gloss. Words County of Gloucester Day-woman, Dairymaid.
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