Tartwoman

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A woman who sells tarts.

    "[She] won the love of everybody who came near her, from Minerva herself down to the poor girl in the scullery, and the one-eyed tartwoman's daughter, who was permitted to vend her wares once a week to the young ladies in the Mall."

Example

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"[She] won the love of everybody who came near her, from Minerva herself down to the poor girl in the scullery, and the one-eyed tartwoman's daughter, who was permitted to vend her wares once a week to the young ladies in the Mall."

Etymology

From tart + woman.

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