Definitions
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- noun The
female equivalent of asilkman .
Etymologies
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silk + woman
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Examples
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Cotton the silkwoman as a sower of strife amongst her neighbours; and
It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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Mistress Walton the silkwoman, at the Wheelbarrow, spake with this lady, saying such a maid there was, for whom you sought service; and the lady wotteth [knows] of a gentlewoman with whom she might be placed an 'she should serve, and the service suited your desires for her. "
The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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