What does eggwoman mean?
Eggwoman means A woman who delivers eggs..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A woman who delivers eggs..
One Sunday morning, when the family were all sitting at breakfast discussing buttered “baps,” fresh eggs, — as fresh as ever were laid, old Peggy, the eggwoman, had informed them,—and café au lait, all solemnly and silently engaged in the business,— Letty broke silence thus, —
The butcher, the baker, the greengrocer, the old eggwoman, the vegetable dealer from the country, the fishman, every one who in any way purveyed to my little household, came to lay presents on the sunny engawa.
So! Even the provincials knew his humiliation. The eggwoman, next, would be offering him sympathy!
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Eggwoman means A woman who delivers eggs..
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One Sunday morning, when the family were all sitting at breakfast discussing buttered “baps,” fresh eggs, — as fresh as ever were laid, old Peggy, the eggwoman, had informed them,—and café au lait, all solemnly and silently engaged in the business,— Letty broke silence thus, —
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