Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tirewoman; a female dresser, as in a theater.
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Examples
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Sheila soon began to have less fear of this terrible tiring-woman, who forthwith proceeded with her task.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 Various
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She therefore told Maya all that was before her, and having put upon her tiny finger the fairy-ring, bade the tiring-woman take off her velvet robe, and the gold circlet in her hair, and clothe her in a russet suit of serge, with a gray kirtle and hood.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 Various
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At the thought of it she broke into a laugh that appalled her tiring-woman; then mastering her hysteria, she took a sudden determination.
The Tavern Knight Rafael Sabatini 1912
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No princess could have had a more humble tiring-woman than Catherine.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
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No princess could have had a more humble tiring-woman than Catherine.
A Modern Chronicle — Complete Winston Churchill 1909
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No princess could have had a more humble tiring-woman than Catherine.
A Modern Chronicle — Volume 01 Winston Churchill 1909
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'Pray you,' the Queen said after her through the door, 'look you around and spy me out a maid to be my tiring-woman and ward my spinsters.
The Fifth Queen Crowned Ford Madox Ford 1906
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She turned abruptly, confronting the tiring-woman with that fixed evil glance of hers.
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Phoebe, who remembered Rebecca both as her nineteenth-century sister and as her sixteenth-century nurse and tiring-woman, thought this determination the best compromise under the circumstances, and explained to her aunt that Rebecca was subject to recurring fits of delusion, and that it was necessary at such times to humor her in all things.
The Panchronicon Harold Steele MacKaye 1897
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Her tiring-woman, a Mexican half-breed, came toward her.
Mrs. Skagg's Husbands and Other Stories Bret Harte 1869
ruzuzu commented on the word tiring-woman
"A tirewoman; a female dresser, as in a theater."
--Century Dictionary
September 12, 2010
fbharjo commented on the word tiring-woman
Is she retiring? Has she reattired? Is she sharp in her reattire or is it threadbare (attire)?
September 12, 2010