ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Eggwoman

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Eggwoman is a noun meaning A woman who delivers eggs.

Meaning

A woman who delivers eggs.

Example Sentences

So! Even the provincials knew his humiliation. The eggwoman, next, would be offering him sympathy!
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.
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, —

Word Forms

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Related dictionary entries include eggman, egger, eggler, poultrywoman, deliverywoman, applewoman.

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