His brothers had not replied at all, seeming to be indignant with him; while his father and mother had written a rather sad letter, deploring his precipitancy in rushing into marriage, but making the best of the matter by saying that, though a dairywoman was the last daughter-in-law they could have expected, their son had arrived at an age at which he might be supposed to be the best judge. From Wordnik.com. [Tess of the d'Urbervilles] Reference
A dairywoman was the last daughter-in-law they could have expected, their son had arrived at an age which he might be supposed to be the best judge. From Wordnik.com. [Tess of the d'Urbervilles] Reference
I mention this to show the amateur dairywoman how very essential is cleanliness in every article she uses. From Wordnik.com. [Our Farm of Four Acres and the Money we Made by it] Reference
She was a model housekeeper and dairywoman in the days when they worked the farm, and is now an oracle on many questions. From Wordnik.com. [Choice Readings for the Home Circle] Reference
She had gone in; but she would soon reappear, for it could be seen that she was carrying little new cheeses one by one to a spring-cart and horse tethered outside the gate — her grandmother, though not a regular dairywoman, still managing a few cows by means of a man and maid. From Wordnik.com. [The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid] Reference
Poor Dame Kenton, as was took last spring, was the best dairywoman in the parish, and this little maid takes after her. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Storm] Reference
Nothing can be more perfect than the manner in which he blends the dairywoman and woman of business in Jeanie Deans with the lover and the sister. From Wordnik.com. [Criticisms and Interpretations. IV. Richard Holt Hutton on Scotts Women] Reference
Bourhope shouted with laughter when the incorrigible Sir Percy, in the disguise of the dairywoman, described his routing charge as "the milky mothers of the herd.". From Wordnik.com. [Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes] Reference
Self-sacrificing as her mood might be Tess could not well go further and cry, 'Marry one of them, if you really do want a dairywoman and not a lady; and don't think of marrying me!'. From Wordnik.com. [Tess of the d'Urbervilles] Reference
Self-sacrificing as her mood might be, Tess could not well go further and cry, "Marry one of them, if you really do want a dairywoman and not a lady; and don't think of marrying me!". From Wordnik.com. [Tess of the d'Urbervilles] Reference
English visitor to a merry but strictly decorous party having a special bit of sward to themselves, bailiff, vintagers, stockmen, dairywoman, washerwoman and odd hands making up a round dozen of men, women and boys. From Wordnik.com. [In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller"] Reference
In addition, the Beef Board unanimously elected Massachusetts dairywoman Lucinda Williams to serve as 2009 chairman of the Board, with outgoing chairman Dave Bateman of Illinois handing over the gavel as he ended his chairmanship. From Wordnik.com. [High Plains Journal] Reference
The only money which Dare received to carry on with, on his accession to the great honor and dignity of proprietor of Vandon, was brought to him by the old dairywoman of the house, a faithful creature, who produced out of an old stocking the actual coins which she had received for the butter and cheese she had sold, of which she showed Dare an account, chalked up in some dead language on the dairy door. From Wordnik.com. [The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers] Reference
His wife is a regular dairywoman. From Wordnik.com. [A Source Book of Australian History] Reference
"But you used to be as good a dairywoman as I.". From Wordnik.com. [Tess of the d'Urbervilles] Reference
'But you used to be as good a dairywoman as I. '. From Wordnik.com. [Tess of the d'Urbervilles] Reference
Management of his dairywoman. From Wordnik.com. [The Rural Economy of the Midland Counties: Including the Management of ...] Reference
"Madge is the dairywoman, and the sempstress. From Wordnik.com. [Nobody] Reference
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