workgirl
Example Sentences
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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.
From The Seven Secrets by William Le Queux
She astonished the architect with her ideas, for, as became a Parisian workgirl who understands the elegancies of life by instinct, she had suddenly developed a very pretty taste for every species of luxurious refinement.
From Four Short Stories By Emile Zola by Émile Zola
Sally had long been able to behave as somebody other than a workgirl, and the servants were so well-behaved that they did not make any attempt to be too much at ease with her.
From Coquette by Frank Swinnerton
Dear Mr. Rushleigh," said she, with all her gratitude for his just spoken kindness to herself and her appreciation of his ready sympathy for the poor workgirl, in her voice—"don't think of me!
From Faith Gartney's Girlhood by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney
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.
From L'Assommoir by Émile Zola