单词 | cookess |
释义 | cookessn. Now rare. A female cook.The most recent examples of the word are independent re-formations. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > cook > [noun] > woman cook cookessc1460 cook wench1632 cookmaid1633 c1460 (c1450) P. Idley Instr. to his Son (Laud) f. 74, in J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words (1852) 263/2 Hyt is now hard to deserne and know A tapster, a cokysse [c1475 Cambr. Ee.4.37 Cookesse], or an ostelars wyf, From a gentylwoman, yf they stond arow. 1552 in A. Clark Reg. Univ. Oxf. (1887) II. i. 287 Mawde, Cookesse of Hart Hall. 1877 Truth 6 Dec. 667/1 It is almost impossible to find a reasonably good cookess, except at extortionate wages, and even then, the lady gives herself such airs, that she is a perfect nuisance in a house. 1916 Friend (Honolulu, Hawaii) Jan. 11/3 Her side kicker is only a ‘cookess’, and she is the one that knocks the laub scouch, dandy funck and dog's body around before it comes to us. 1982 M. A. Polland Heart speaks Many Ways xiv. 361 I am happy to be your driveress, your cookess, your floor scrubberess, your viscountess. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1460 |
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