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单词 woman of the people
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woman of the people
woman of the people n. a woman of low social status; an ordinary or working-class woman; (also in later use) a woman who identifies with ordinary people.In quot. 1782 (euphemistically): a woman who has love affairs; a prostitute.
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1782 H. Walpole Let. 7 Sept. (1904) 328 Charles Fox is languishing at the feet of Mrs. Robinson. George Selwyn says, ‘Who should the man of the people live with, but with the woman of the people?’
1825 Dramatic Table Talk 1 p. xxiv Piercing cries, and convulsive sobs..will signalize the sorrows of a woman of the people the same as that of a duchess.
1907 G. B. Shaw Major Barbara iii. in John Bull's Other Island 274 I thought she was a woman of the people, and that a marriage with a professor of Greek would be far beyond the wildest social ambitions of her rank.
2003 U.S. Catholic (Nexis) 1 Dec. 12 Mary sings this song as a woman of the people, like millions of poor peasant women in Latin America.
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