daleswoman

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I would never tell any daleswoman the manner of dying I had seen.

The Crystal Gryphon Norton, Andre 1972
I had no liking to he pressed again into the old position of a daleswoman, that only my lord or another man could see the truth in any question and then decide what was best for me.

The Crystal Gryphon Norton, Andre 1972
It was not usual for a daleswoman to wear a mail like a warrior, but we did not live in ordinary times.

The Crystal Gryphon Norton, Andre 1972
The landlady, her face turned from him, was talking with obvious animation to a daleswoman who stood with a jug in her hand at the other side of the counter.

A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time Hall Caine 1892
He was now beginning to feel the need of food, and stepping into a cottage he asked an old daleswoman who lived there if he might trouble her in the way of trade to make him some breakfast.

The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance Hall Caine 1892
She accepted without a twinge the implication of superiority of will and physique which the young daleswoman arrogated.

The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance Hall Caine 1892
He cared for neither political nor fashionable life; and as soon as he came to his inheritance, married a handsome, sensible daleswoman with whom he had long been in love.

The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875