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tartwoman

noun

Etymology

From tart + woman.

  1. inherited from wīfmann
  2. inherited from womman
  3. compounded as tartwoman — “tart + woman”

Definitions

  1. A woman who sells tarts.

    • [She] won the love of everybody who came near her, from Minerva herself down to the poor girl in the scullery, and the one-eyed tartwoman's daughter, who was permitted to vend her wares once a week to the young ladies in the Mall.

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