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Meaning of orange-wife | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A woman who sells oranges.

obsolete

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

orange-winged amazon orange-winged parrot Orangeade orangeat orangeberry orangeblossom