释义 |
fruiteress|ˈfruːtərɪs| Also 8 fruitress. [f. as prec. + -ess.] A female seller of fruit.
1713Steele Guardian No. 87 ⁋1 The hawker-women, fruitresses, and milk-maids. 1809Sporting Mag. XXXIV. 244 The fair fruiteress, it seems was jealous of her neighbour. 1823Lamb Elia, My First Play, The fashionable pronunciation of the theatrical fruiteresses then was ‘Chase some oranges’..chase pro chuse. |