Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A woman who sells herbs.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A woman that sells herbs.
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Examples
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The fiscal's wife is something of an herb-woman, and has stocks to hand.
Sick Cycle Carousel 2010
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Meanwhile, a sick Orossy ends up in the Infirmary under the care of the herb-woman Karraby.
Archive 2006-01-01 Miss Snark 2006
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Linnaeus makes botany the most alluring of studies, and wins it from the farmer and the herb-woman; Davy, chemistry; and Cuvier, fossils.
The American Scholar 2006
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Meanwhile, a sick Orossy ends up in the Infirmary under the care of the herb-woman Karraby.
01/01/2006 - 01/08/2006 Miss Snark 2006
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Why, your herb-woman; she that sets seeds and roots of shame and iniquity.
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She had taken the sweating sickness, when no one else nearby had it; Mwynwen had to come from Underhill to cure her, in the guise of an old herb-woman friend of Anne's old nurse, Blanche Parry.
This Scepter'd Isle Lackey, Mercedes 2004
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He looked at the herb-woman, shook his head for silence, and walked away.
The King Must Die Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1958
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Miss Fellowes, the principal herb-woman, was led in by Mr. Fellowes; and the six young ladies, her assistants, followed two and two.
Coronation Anecdotes Giles Gossip
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"It's only old Granny, the herb-woman," Billie assured her.
The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp Katherine Stokes
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Why, your herb-woman; she that sets seeds and roots of shame and iniquity.
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