| 单词 | butter-woman |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbutter-woman butter-woman n. now historical a woman who makes or sells butter; cf. butter wife n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of dairy produce > [noun] > churning butter > butter-maker butterman1296 butter wife?1542 butter-woman1612 churner1888 butter maker2016 society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of butter > woman butter wife?1542 butter-woman1612 1612 J. Webster White Divel sig. D3 Reapers and Butter-women, amongst Fishmongers And thousand other trades, which are annoyed By his excessiue heate. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iv. i. 41 Tongue, I must put you into a Butter-womans mouth..if you prattle mee into these perilles. View more context for this quotation 1748 H. Walpole Let. 3 Sept. (1941) IX. 75 He there made her discover her family, a butter woman in Craven Street. 1883 Punch 24 Feb. 87 The five Royal Commissioners in their butterwoman's cloaks. 2007 P. Doherty Poison Maiden v. 125 Two butter-women involved in a shouting match over who should sell their goods where. < as lemmas |
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