poulteressn.
/ˈpəʊltrᵻs/, /pəʊltəˈrɛs/, U.S. /ˈpoʊlt(ə)rəs/ A female poulterer.
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poulteress1723
poultry woman1782
1723 London Gaz. No. 6194/10 Elizabeth Smith,..Poulteress.
1828 Times 7 Jan. 3/6 I went to Godfrey's house..and saw Mrs. Foote, of Twickenham, a poulteress, there.
1874 Galaxy Dec. 830/1 Miss Kirk, if henwife is too homely a word to be applied to her, is a poulterer; or, if her sex must be indicated, a poulteress.
1998 T. Gorelick tr. S. Aleichem Nineteen to Dozen 18 The place be crawling with such a sight of poulteresses as will put a county fair to shame.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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