| 单词 | lady's companion |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslady's companion lady's companion n. now historical (a) a paid female companion for a woman; (b) a small sewing box or case. ΚΠ 1791 T. Holcroft School for Arrogance i. 12 Mr. Dor... What are you? Lydia. An humble dependant—A lady's companion. 1843 New Mirror 23 Dec. 1/1 (advt.) Lady's Work Cases and ‘Lady's Companions’, at from $1 to $50. 1987 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 9 Aug. ii. 29/1 The show also contains displays of sewing implements and kits, which became known as lady's companions. 2003 B. Taylor M. Wollstonecraft & Feminist Imagination 6 Teaching, governessing, needlework, ‘lady's companion’: these were some of the few jobs open to genteel women of small means. < as lemmas |
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