| 单词 | oyster woman |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoyster woman oyster woman n. = oyster wife n.; (in later use also) a woman employed in gathering or breeding 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 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1377 The poore Oisterwomen which carrie Oisters to sell vp and down. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. ii. 113 The Oyster-women lock'd their fish up, And trudg'd away, to cry No Bishop. 1783 Lady's Mag. Mar. 114 The Pun which we have expunged, was not decent for the perusal of an oyster-woman at Billingsgate. 1999 Mirror (Nexis) 6 Nov. 52 We glided past oyster women in wooden canoes collecting the shellfish from the roots of the mangroves. < as lemmas |
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