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tirewoman

[ tahyuhr-woom-uhn ]

noun

Archaic.
plural tirewomen.
  1. a lady's maid.


tirewoman

/ ˈٲɪəˌʊə /

noun

  1. an obsolete term for lady's maid
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of tirewoman1

First recorded in 1605–15; tire 3 + -woman
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of tirewoman1

C17: see tire ³
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Example Sentences

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The coils of massive hair appeared heavier and more sombre by contrast with the ivory whiteness of the skin, slightly relieved as they were by a bunch of fresh red blossoms, which the loving hand of a tirewoman had tucked under the comb.

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It was a brisk and windy morning, with the sharpness of 9 A.M. in it, when Mullins, Mrs. Knox's tirewoman, met me at the hall door of Aussolas with her arms full of shawls, and a countenance dark with doom and wrath.

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But at length, after Sir Edward and his lady had set off for their second morning ramble without him, he was cheered by the appearance of the ancient maiden, who was his aunt's tirewoman, bringing in her lap-dog, and the velvet cushion that was its appendage; which having placed reverently before the fire, she moved the favourite fauteuil an inch one way, and the little table that ever stood beside it an inch the other, and was retiring, when Colonel Hubert said, ...

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At the upper end, in a large high-backed chair, sat a female figure, behind whom a tirewoman appeared in waiting.

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When he asked the servants about that veil, the tirewoman declared that it was not one of Kama’s; some person had thrown it into the chamber.

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