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ˈtire-woman
Also 7–8 tyre-.
[f. tire n.1 + woman.]
A woman who assists at a lady's toilet; a lady's maid (arch.); † also, a woman employed in the making or sale of women's clothing; a dressmaker, costumier (obs.).
1615R. Brathwait Strappado (1878) 126 T'was some tyre⁓woman he tooke them fro. c1626Dick of Devon iii. iv. in Bullen O. Pl. (1883) II. 58 Have they forsaken the Divell and all his fashions? banishd their Taylors and Tyrewomen? 1667Pepys Diary 20 Feb., To Mrs. Grotier's, the Queen's tire-woman, for a pair of locks for my wife. 1709Steele Tatler No. 79 ⁋1 Dressed with all the Art and Care that Mrs. Toilet the Tire-Woman could bestow on her. 1790C. M. Graham Lett. Educ. 108 Why should they not..value themselves for this outside fashionableness of the taylor or tire woman, when their parents have so early instructed them to do it? 1847Marryat Childr. N. Forest xxv, They will make very nice tire-women to some lady of quality. 1867‘Ouida’ C. Castlemaine (1879) 7 To while time away by scolding her tire-woman. |