Frenchwoman
['frentʃ,wumən]
Examples
- I like even an Englishwoman better than a Frenchwoman. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- In her snowy-frilled cap she reminded one of that delightful Frenchwoman whom we have all seen marketing, basket on arm. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He was only consoled when he heard that she was half a Frenchwoman by birth. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- There was a smart young Frenchwoman waiting in Nugent's ante-room, and we rated him most unmercifully about her. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I know an excellent old Frenchwoman, said Mrs. Armstrong, who wants you to buy a watch of hers. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I taught it in a school, and my mother was a Frenchwoman. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- After a suspense of a minute or two the door slowly opens and a Frenchwoman enters. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I have been intriguing, since I came to Paris, with almost every Frenchwoman I could find. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- But he has already recovered his spirits, and is reported to be on the point of marrying a very lively pretty Frenchwoman, Madame Tavernier. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- It seems that Tina is the child of the Frenchwoman who does the fine ironing in the laundry here. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- After they were gone, I made my young Frenchwoman bring her work into my dressing-room for an hour. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It was a Frenchwoman's. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The carriage rolled away, and the Frenchwoman, with the wrappers she had brought hanging over her arm, remained standing where she had alighted. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I am your maid, my Lady, at the present, said the Frenchwoman. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The Frenchwoman stood unnoticed, looking on with her lips very tightly set. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Not, I assure you, from any national prejudice in their favour; but, Frenchwomen are my aversion, generally speaking. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I have had Frenchwomen come, before now, and show themselves dabs at pistol-shooting. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- They were like nearly all the Frenchwomen I ever saw --homely. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Why cannot we take these things as the Frenchwomen do? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- One day, a friend of Meyler's, Bradshaw, told me that Meyler led a most dissipated life, and made up to at least half a dozen Frenchwomen in a week. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Frenchwomen, being a great novelty to me, inspired me for the moment; but I could never visit any one of them a second time. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I declared we must part, since those Frenchwomen had for ever spoiled the pleasure I used to feel in his society. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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