workgirl

Example Sentences

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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

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

In a simple woollen dress with a kerchief on her head, with a modest sunshade, but laced in, slender, in expensive foreign boots—it was a talented actress playing the part of a little workgirl.

From The Chorus Girl and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance

The girl was dressed like a young lady, not like a workgirl.

From Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance