| 单词 | pig-wife |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspig-wife pig-wife n. a woman who deals in crockery. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of dishes or pots > woman disheressa1300 pig-wife1787 pot-woman1802 1787 W. Taylor Scots Poems 79 (note) Some ape Poets may be said rather to lead Pig Wives' cripple Asses. 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 423 Already has the ‘Pig Wife's’ early care Mark'd out a station, for her crockery ware. 1951 N. B. Morrison Hidden Fairing iv The old pig-wife who, putting down her heavy burden of china, would have a gossip with Kirsty. < as lemmas |
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