workgirl

Example Sentences

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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 Swinnerton, Frank

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 Zola, Émile

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 Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)

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 Le Queux, William

To avoid standing idle, Laptev took some trimmings from a workgirl and let her go; then listened to a customer, a merchant from Vologda, and told a clerk to attend to him.

From The Darling and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance