tapstress

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noun

A female tapster.

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Meanings

nountapstress (plural tapstresses)

plural tapstresses

  1. A female tapster.

    I was rather tickled to learn that she worked as a tapstress in a City public-house.

    1998, Sarah Waters, Tipping the Velvet, Virago (2018), page 376

Origin

From tapster + -ess.

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Cite this entry
APA

tapstress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tapstress

MLA

“tapstress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tapstress. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tapstress,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tapstress.

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