Apple-wife
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A female apple-seller. archaic
"Last night ye haggled and argle-bargled like an apple-wife; and then passed me your word, and gave me your hand to back it; and ye ken very well what was the upshot. Be damned to your word!"
Example
More examples"Last night ye haggled and argle-bargled like an apple-wife; and then passed me your word, and gave me your hand to back it; and ye ken very well what was the upshot. Be damned to your word!"
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