单词 | fruiteress |
释义 | fruiteressn. A female seller of fruit. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of fruit > woman fruitesterc1386 apple-wife1599 apple-woman1607 fruit-wife1611 orange wifea1616 orange-woman1616 coster-wife1661 orange-wench1665 orange-miss1694 fruiteress1713 fruit-girl1750 orange girl1764 fruit-woman1849 costeress1869 1713 R. Steele in Guardian 20 June 1/2 The Hawker-Women, Fruiteresses and Milk-maids. 1809 Sporting Mag. 34 244 The fair fruiteress, it seems was jealous of her neighbour. 1823 C. Lamb My First Play in Elia 224 The fashionable pronunciation of the theatrical fruiteresses then was, ‘Chase some oranges’..chase pro chuse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1713 |
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