Definitions
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- noun The
female equivalent of aferryman .
Etymologies
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ferry + woman
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Examples
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"Oh, what murder, what murder?" we palpitated back; and both of us forgot the steamer, so that it almost ran us down, while our ferrywoman began again:
Seven English Cities William Dean Howells 1878
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A little way farther he saw a second boathouse; he hastened thither, and the ferrywoman, for the boat was poled across by a stout dame, made not the least difficulty about ferrying him over.
After London Or, Wild England Richard Jefferies 1867
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