Meaning of pedestrianess | Babel Free

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A female pedestrian.

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“A Pedestrian'''ess.—A widow upwards of 60 years of age, betted last week, to walk 92 miles in 24 hours.”

“The spectators were not parsimonious in rewarding the labours of the pedestrianess.”

“Mrs. M’Mullen, the pedestrianess, whose performances we recorded last year, commenced on Monday evening, a more arduous undertaking.”

“Portfolios repacked, and horses remounted, on we went again, meeting quite numerous trains of travelling parties—camelestrians, donkeyteers, pedestrians, horsemen, and poneymen; and then poneymen, and horsemen, and donkeyteers, and camelestrians, again. Aye, and here are horsewomen besides ourselves, too; and mulewomen, and pedestrianesses, &c.”

“Bertha Von Hillern, the pedestrianess, is lionized by Boston.”

“Up there in Auburn, New York, an esteemed pedestrian, Reginald Heber Tubbs, agreed to walk against an esteemed pedestrianess, Miss Elsa Von Blumen.”

“The most sole-stirring entertainments of the day are those given by champion pedestrians and pedestrianesses.”

“A bright, genial day on Saturday last, brought more than the average crowd of teams and wagons on our streets, and covered the sidewalks with pedestrians, and pedestrianesses, especially.”

“In the women’s go-as-you please match in Madison Square Garden, Howard, at noon, was leading with a score of 367 miles, Tobias 360, Massciot 258, Madam Anderson 342 Ceretio is the last in the line of the nineteen pedestrianesses with a record of 127 miles.”

“A pedestrianess in Boston has lost the race on account of a sprained ankle.”

“But, while these coats for travel are envelopingly long, the newest garment for street pedestrianesses are jaunty short jackets, fitting snugly to the figure, and sometimes really constituting the bodice of the dress.”

“Another sight that became painfully frequent was to observe some nicely dressed man or woman walking along unsuspecting any danger, when suddenly some of the farmers’ horses hitched to the edge of the sidewalk would kick about ehree^([sic]) quarts of mud and green scum into the air and it would decend^([sic]) upon the raiment of the pedestrian, or pedestrianess.”

“Pedestrians and pedestrianesses clung tenaciously to close quarters, and so did the latter’s apparel.”

“The men have all the sidewalk now, / There is no place for us to walk! / But though we must to insult bow, / We’re women, and at least we’ll talk! / A PEDESTRIANESS.”

“Mrs. Dave Beach, the New York pedestrianess, reached Schenectady on Friday on a diet of fruit salad.”

“The pedestrianesses, Rose Hout, Maggie Ramsey, Irene Ellsworth, Isis Brewer, and Coral and Ruth Alderson walked to Montrose last Saturday evening, returning on the “Jersey”.”

“This makes up a little bit for our great sorrow of having never happened to be present, or noticing, when a pedestrianess went by without stockings.”

“The pedestrian who jaywalks and, jaywalking sluggishly, turns on the automobile driver a cold glare as if to say, Hit me if you dare: that pedestrian or, as mostly happens, pedestrianess, may the automobilist splash with rainwater and mud and be accounted by the law for that a just and proper citizen.”

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