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tirewoman

n. 1 (context archaic English) A lady's maid. 2 (context archaic English) A female dresser in a theatre; a wardrobe assistant.

Usage examples of "tirewoman".

Firekeeper and Blind Seer slipped through the window into their room, it was the waiting tirewoman who was pale and shaking.

Then he turned his attention to the tirewoman, who had been listening, curiosity warring with impatience.

I think I am just fatigued from the journey, but would you mind summoning my tirewoman for me?

Even the hot posset offered by the tirewoman had not quickly brought the oblivion she craved, the freedom from the crushing disappointment she felt when she thought of the man Ranulf had become.

Dominica sent her sleepy tirewoman away as soon as she came up from the ball.

Plymouth I bestirred myself a little, as I know how, bought some slight matters for my lady, which she was pleased to approve, and call me a proper tirewoman, and set about the ordering of horses and a coach.

When lo, stood her tirewoman breathless by: Lord Dusiote, madam, to death is nigh, Of you he would have speech.

A sleepy tirewoman was undressing her, and closely as she scrutinized the vivid little face Mary could perceive nothing in it but a natural weariness.

She was able to slip away with Rusgann Moorcock, the sturdy, plainspoken tirewoman who had become her personal maid during the pilgrimage, after Queen Cataldise preempted the services of both ladies-in-waiting.

I am in your keeping without a servant or tirewoman to vouchsafe my reputation.

A sleepy tirewoman was undressing her, and closely as she scrutinised the vivid little face Mary could perceive nothing in it but a natural weariness.

No one in their senses would choose a visiting tirewoman for such an errand.

The plight of one tirewoman in France might not seem to him so very important.

He might well consider that twenty-five thousand pounds was too high a ransom for a tirewoman, especially when it had been earmarked for Elizabeth.

English prisoner, tirewoman Frances Brockley, otherwise known as Frances Dale, the charges against her had been withdrawn and she was free to return to her husband and her employer, who would, however, be held responsible for her good behavior as long as she remained in France.