forelady
Americannoun
plural
foreladiesSensitive Note
See lady.
Etymology
Origin of forelady
Example Sentences
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For five weeks Mrs. Cohen stayed away from her job as forelady in an overalls rental concern, to answer mail and telephone calls.
From Time Magazine Archive
“You got the idea now,” said the forelady to Francie.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
Ada I loved—our forelady in the bead work—young, good-looking, intelligent.
From Working With the Working Woman by Parker, Cornelia Stratton
I knew her for the forelady by her "air"; nothing else distinguished her from the employees.
From The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls by Vorst, Marie Van
The stenographer nodded: "Go upstairs, then; ask the forelady on the fifth floor."
From The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls by Vorst, Marie Van
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