| 单词 | mercury woman |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmercury woman mercury woman n. now historical a woman who sells or distributes pamphlets, news-sheets, etc. (cf. sense 4b). ΚΠ 1661 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 2) at Hawkers Those people which go up and down the streets crying News-books, and selling them by retail, are also called Hawkers. And those women that sell them by whole-sale from the Press, are called Mercury Women. 1812 J. Nichols Lit. Anecd. 18th Cent. IV. ii. 34 We must come down to the reign of King James I..then, if I mistake not, began the use of Mercury-women. 1901 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 9 595 The ‘Mercury Women’ who helped spread abroad the fledgling news sheets. < as lemmas |
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