Applewoman

Quick meaning: Applewoman is a noun meaning (historical) A woman who sells apples outdoors.

Meaning

(historical) A woman who sells apples outdoors.

Example Sentences

She would have blown her nose on her fingers like an applewoman if she wanted to, he thought.

[…] we had dragged on near six Weeks of passive Existence without seeing a Soul but that old Apple-woman Sir Anthony, who is as disagreeable as the Place he lives in;

[…] he had formerly quarrelled with Sir Nicholas Rainton when he was Lord Mayor of London, for prohibiting an Apple-woman to sell Apples on the Lords Day within Pauls Church-yard […]

Burning with impatience to discuss with the great MacGrawler the feasibility of his project, he quickened his pace almost into a run, and in a very few minutes, having only overthrown one chimney-sweeper and two applewomen by the way, he arrived at the sage’s door.

Word Forms

• applewomen

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