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orange-wife

orange-wife noun: a woman who sells oranges.

Noun

orange-wife (plural orange-wives)

  1. (obsolete) A woman who sells oranges.
    • You are ambitious for poor knaves' caps and legs; you wear out a good wholesome forenoon in hearing a cause between an orange-wife and a fosset-seller, and then rejourn the controversy of threepence to a second day of audience.c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Forms of orange-wife

pluralorange-wives

Questions about orange-wife

What does orange-wife mean?
Orange-wife means a woman who sells oranges.
What part of speech is orange-wife?
Orange-wife is a noun.
What is the plural of orange-wife?
The plural of orange-wife is orange-wives.

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