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tartwoman

tartwoman noun: a woman who sells tarts.

Noun

tartwoman (plural tartwomen)

  1. A woman who sells tarts.
    • [She] won the love of everybody who came near her, from Minerva herself down to the poor girl in the scullery, and the one-eyed tartwoman's daughter, who was permitted to vend her wares once a week to the young ladies in the Mall.1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair

Forms of tartwoman

pluraltartwomen

Origin of tartwoman

From tart + woman.

Questions about tartwoman

What does tartwoman mean?
Tartwoman means a woman who sells tarts.
What part of speech is tartwoman?
Tartwoman is a noun.
What is the plural of tartwoman?
The plural of tartwoman is tartwomen.

Words near tartwoman in the dictionary

  1. tartufish
  2. tartufism
  3. tartufo
  4. tartufos
  5. Tartus
  6. tartwoman
  7. tartwomen
  8. tarty
  9. TARU
  10. taruca
  11. taruf

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