Woffington

British  

/ ˈwɒfɪŋtən /

noun

1. Peg, full name Margaret Woffington . ?1714–60, Irish actress

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Example Sentences

Shaking from her pretty shoulders the garish costumes of two previous cinema roles�as Nell Gwyn and Peg Woffington �Britain's beloved Anna Neagle last week traced with pomp and piety Queen Victoria's long reign.

From Time Magazine Archive

Little Peggy Woffington, not quite ten years old, had the chief female part.

From Women of England by James, Bartlett Burleigh

Illustrated 50     It is Never Too Late to Mend 50     Love Me Little, Love Me Long 35     Multum in Parvo 4to, Paper 15     Peg Woffington, &c.

From For the Major A Novelette by Woolson, Constance Fenimore

In September 1747 it was opened with a strong company of actors, Johnson’s prologue being spoken by Garrick, while the epilogue, written by him, was spoken by Mrs Woffington.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various

I must have tea—tea or death—three times a day, and, as Johnson said about Mrs. Woffington and her tea, 'It is strong, and red as blood.'

From Fragments of an Autobiography by Moscheles, Felix