| 单词 | apple-wife |
| 释义 | > as lemmasapple-wife apple-wife n. now rare and historical = apple-woman n. 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 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 45 Pomona, the first applewife. 1636 W. Davenant Witts i. sig. B2 Colon keepes more noyse Than..Apple-wives That wrangle for a Sive! 1659 London Chaunticleres vii. 17 There shall not be an Apple-wife in the whole Countrey, but she shall be ingrafted into some branch of our Family. 1824 W. Oliver Coll. of Local Songs 15 He sent the apple-wives to mourn, A month iv wor awd cassell. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xi. 97 Last night ye haggled and argle-bargled like an apple-wife. 1921 J. Buchan Path of King (1923) vii. 157 You are getting as cautious as an apple-wife, Gawain. 2002 V. Traub Renaissance of Lesbianism in Early Mod. Eng. i. 76 It was not only noblewomen who has access to theatrical entertainments... Merchant wives, apple-wives, and fishwives also attended stageplays in the public amphitheaters. < as lemmas |
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