Meaning of cheesemongeress | Babel Free

Definitions

A female cheesemonger.

Examples

“My lady in a way, because my Lord Doldrum was seen speaking in Hyde Park⟳ to Miss⟳ Stilton, the rich cheesemongeress’s daughter.”

“But, as the cheesemongeress had by this time so far recovered her forces as to be able to undertake⟳ the charge of her own⟳ offspring, and as the young cheesemonger is at the present⟳ moment a vigorous and thriving student at a Clapham boarding school, with every prospect of succeeding honourably to his father’s business, it may be assumed that Miss⟳ Hipswidge had fulfilled this early portion of her Curtius-like destiny with perfect satisfaction.”

“For Mrs. Jones the draper’s wife to be able to boast that she bought a silk pincushion at twenty times its value from the Countess of Belminster—for Mrs. Smith the cheesemongeress to be able to show⟳ a photograph of Lady Eleanor Gore-Layton, signed with her own⟳ hand, are occasions that do not occur⟳ twice in a lifetime.”

“Paris. English Cheesemongeress: “How horrid, John; here is a fly⟳ in the soup.” Cheesemonger: “Hush, Maria, don’t expose your ignorance; the bill of fare is in French, and may be I ordered fly⟳ soup for what I know⟳.””

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