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Definition of Tirewomen
1. tirewoman [n] - See also: tirewoman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tirewomen
Literary usage of Tirewomen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southern Literary Messenger by Carnegie-Mellon University, School of Computer Science (1844)
"The tirewomen, who. in conformity with the custom of the times, had withdrawn to
the end of the hall, so that they could perceive ..."
2. Eliza Cook's journal by Eliza Cook (1850)
"... where the tirewomen, some half score in numher, had already commenced their
office ... Meg relented, and hidding one of the tirewomen open a ..."
3. The Private Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France and Navarre by Campan (Jeanne-Louise-Henriette), François Barrière, Mme Maigne (1884)
"The grandes entrees were admitted during the toilette ; sofas were placed in
circles for the superintendant, the ladies of honour, and tirewomen, ..."
4. Memoirs of the private life of Marie Antoinette, queen of France ... To by Jeanne Louise H. Campan (1883)
"The grandes entrees were admitted during the toilette ; sofas were placed in
circles for the superintendant, the ladies of honour, and tirewomen, ..."
5. The Republic of Plato: An Ideal Commonwealth by Plato (1901)
"Will not tutors be also in request, and nurses wet and dry, tirewomen and barbers,
as well as confectioners and cooks ; and swineherds, too, ..."
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