tartwoman

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

tart +‎ woman

Noun[edit]

tartwoman (plural tartwomen)

  1. A woman who sells tarts.
    • 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair:
      [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.
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