fishwomen

The songs of the fishwomen, in which Napoleon was called Nicolas, were received there with transports of joy.

Les Miserables 2008

She had hair of a brindled colour, betwixt black and grey, which was apt to escape in elf-locks from under her mutch when she was thrown into violent agitation — long skinny hands, terminated by stout talons — grey eyes, thin lips, a robust person, a broad, though flat chest, capital wind, and a voice that could match a choir of fishwomen.

Saint Ronan's Well 2008

And for those who think we will wind up importing Bulgarian fishwomen like they've done in the Martimes - just because they've done it in the Maritimes - think again.

Williams: is he completely nuts? Ed Hollett 2007

We saw some good studies of fishwomen with bare legs, and remarked that the soldiers were very dumpy and small.

The Newcomes 2006

The King's carriage was preceded by Wife Gougeon and the fishwomen and a rabble of prostitutes, the vile refuse of their sex, all raving with fury and wine.

The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette William Douw Lighthall

The cries are to be 'Bread' and 'The King to Paris,' the fishwomen to lead; the Big Bench sign to be the red wool of '_our Friend Orleans_'; then sack the bakers; then the Hôtel de

The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette William Douw Lighthall

How the old fishwomen, the natural guardians of this northern frankincense, chatter and squabble!

A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition William A. Ross

This morning you will go the Fish-market and stir the fishwomen up.

The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette William Douw Lighthall

The streets are very long and confined; and herds of fishwomen, dogs, and children, get in your way and under your feet.

A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition William A. Ross

Rotherhithe, whereby opportunity was afforded of "tasting a delicious mixture of the air of both these sweet places," and of enjoying such a concord of the voices of seamen, watermen, fishwomen, oyster women and their like as Hogarth indicated "in that print of his which is enough to make a man deaf to look at."

Henry Fielding: a Memoir G. M. Godden