Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A girl or young woman who works or is engaged in some useful manual employment.
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Examples
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Then, turning towards Rose-Pompon, who was more and more surprised at hearing so fine a lady call the workgirl her sister, she added: "I am ready whenever you please, mademoiselle."
The Wandering Jew — Volume 10 Eug��ne Sue 1830
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Then, turning towards Rose-Pompon, who was more and more surprised at hearing so fine a lady call the workgirl her sister, she added: "I am ready whenever you please, mademoiselle."
The Wandering Jew — Complete Eug��ne Sue 1830
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The girl was dressed like a young lady, not like a workgirl.
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Peter Hawkins, a clerk with ideals, has a youthful escapade with a workgirl named Evie Wills.
Bones in London Edgar Wallace 1903
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She was of the usual type seen in the streets of Islington, poorly dressed with some attempt at faded finery -- probably a workgirl in some city factory.
The Seven Secrets William Le Queux 1895
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The other, a workgirl, tried to smile and gave a deep sigh.
A Royal Prisoner Pierre Souvestre 1894
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To avoid standing idle, Laptev took some trimmings from a workgirl and let her go; then listened to a customer, a merchant from Vologda, and told a clerk to attend to him.
The Darling and Other Stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882
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In a simple woollen dress with a kerchief on her head, with a modest sunshade, but laced in, slender, in expensive foreign boots -- it was a talented actress playing the part of a little workgirl.
The Chorus Girl and Other Stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882
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How unlike the shrill discord whereby the ordinary workgirl expresses her foolish mirth!
The Nether World George Gissing 1880
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Nana might indulge in riotous living if she chose, but when she came home to her mother's she ought to dress like a workgirl.
L'Assommoir ��mile Zola 1871
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