Usage examples (32)

• But his parents gave the governor a rich present, so he fastened on the son of the tradeswoman, Panteleyeva.
• If, as too often happened, alas! the sales had been less, the poor apologetic tradeswoman had to suffer for it.
• But before beginning our ascent, we must first buy lanterns from an old tradeswoman called Madame Tres-Propre, whose regular customers we are.
• On her arrival in Massachusetts five weeks later, Hulton got a clearer view of political life there, which presumably deflated her ideas of becoming a tradeswoman.