| 单词 | oyster wench |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoyster wench oyster wench n. now archaic or historical a girl or woman who sells oysters. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of fish or seafood > woman fishwife1523 oyster wife1550 oyster wench1597 oyster woman1597 butt-woman1620 oyster-callet1621 poissarde1797 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iv. 30 Off goes his bonnet to an oysterwench . View more context for this quotation 1640 R. Chamberlain Swaggering Damsel i. i The noyse of an Oyster wench wu'd not be halfe so divelish. 1704 Visits from Slades iii. 21 Rag-gatherers, Cynderwomen, and Oyster Wenches wou'd disclaim her Acquaintance. 1976 K. Tynan Diary 21 Jan. (2001) 300 This isn't the eighteenth century of ogling oyster wenches and sexy young rapscallions and bottom-pinching squires. < as lemmas |
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