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Definition of Porteresses
1. porteress [n] - See also: porteress
Lexicographical Neighbors of Porteresses
Literary usage of Porteresses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of Education by Henry Barnard (1879)
"15, rooms for porteresses, $5 per month. No. 16, janitor's rooms in three school
buildings, rent estimated respectively at $120, $150, and $240. No. ..."
2. Life and Labour of the People in London by Charles Booth (1892)
"We wend our way along with some difficulty, having to keep our wits about us to
avoid the porteresses carrying their big baskets of flowers, and the porters ..."
3. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"ply as porteresses, and will carry your purchase to any part of the town, jabber
in Erse, and a subdued clamouring sound tells you that the business of the ..."
4. The New Annual Register, Or, General Repository of History, Politics, and by Andrew Kippis (1805)
"... and a plain cap, tied under the chin, such as the porteresses of nunneries
are accustomed to wear. The hair of the men Í4 combed straight down ..."
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