Gaoleress

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Dated spelling of jaileress. Commonwealth

    "[Y]esterday my saucy gaoleress assured me, that all my oppositions would not signify that pinch of snuff, holding out her genteel finger and thumb […]."

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"[Y]esterday my saucy gaoleress assured me, that all my oppositions would not signify that pinch of snuff, holding out her genteel finger and thumb […]."

Etymology

From gaoler + -ess.

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