tirewoman
Americannoun
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tirewomen
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noun
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Origin of tirewoman
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Poitou and I will abide without the door, and La Meffraye here shall be your tirewoman and see that you have that which you need.
From The Black Douglas by Frank Richards
So the Lady Badr al-Budur summoned the tirewoman who robed and arrayed her in her finest raiment and adorned her and perfumed her; and, as she was thus, behold, the accursed Maghrabi entered.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
The Norman tirewoman sat motionless by the river's edge, waiting till she should be called.
From Via Crucis by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
And it was the same with her tirewoman and her own old squire.”
From Grisly Grisell by Charlotte Mary Yonge
The tirewoman went down to the river-bank, at some distance, and they sat upon the big stone, hand in hand like two children, and looked at each other.
From Via Crucis by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
Therefore, she reached her apartment unnoticed, and, summoning her tirewomen, surrendered herself to the tedious process of adornment according to the accepted taste of Magna Graecia.
From The Lion's Brood by Duffield Osborne
Thou canst run into her chamber when she and the tirewomen are gone down.”
From Grisly Grisell by Charlotte Mary Yonge
The Lady Anne, at her toilette, on the morning after the Council, spoke of the investigation with such scorn as emboldened the very tirewomen who were dressing her to put in their jests.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
To Hilarius sitting on the bench in the sun, came one of Eleanor’s tirewomen to bid him wait on her mistress.
From Gathering of Brother Hilarius by Michael Fairless
‘Nay, but,’ said Malcolm, ‘what should a mere matter of old rockers and worn-out tirewomen concern a demoiselle of birth?’
From The Caged Lion by Charlotte Mary Yonge
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