tirewoman
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tirewomen
plural
noun
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Origin of tirewoman
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Evening.—Read to Lady T, write notes, look over bills, and keep general accounts; if not wanted, to make herself useful in housekeeper’s room, and obey all orders received from her or head tirewoman.
From Poor Jack by Frederick Marryat
“Will you go with me as one of my maids, or as a tirewoman perchance?” asked the Duchess kindly.
From Grisly Grisell by Charlotte Mary Yonge
Under their pseudonyms all five brothers obtained posts in the King's service, while Draupadi, styling herself a sairandhri or tirewoman, entered the service of the Queen Sudeshna.
From Indian Unrest by Sir Valentine Chirol
I'll tell Sir Harry and my lady how good you have been to me, and get my lady to make you a tirewoman, Rusha.
From Under the Storm by Charlotte Mary Yonge
Nor do I," said Rose, leading the way to the supper room, "Aunt Chloe is an accomplished tirewoman.
From Elsie's Girlhood A Sequel to "Elsie Dinsmore" and "Elsie's Holidays at Roselands" by Martha Finley
Thou canst run into her chamber when she and the tirewomen are gone down.”
From Grisly Grisell by Charlotte Mary Yonge
Thereupon, she knew that the Sieur Rudel had returned, and joyfully she summoned her tirewomen and bade them coif and robe her as befitted a princess.
From Ensign Knightley and Other Stories by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
They have bolted their doors, but tell me that the rooms contain the Pfalzgravine von Stahleck and other noble ladies, with their tirewomen.
From The Sword Maker by Robert Barr
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
Atossa sat, as ever at that hour in her toilet-chamber, surrounded by her tirewomen.
From Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
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