Meanings
nountartwoman (plural tartwomen)
plural tartwomen
- A woman who sells tarts.
[She] won the love of everybody who came near her, from Minerva herself down to the poor girl in the scullery, and the one-eyed tartwoman's daughter, who was permitted to vend her wares once a week to the young ladies in the Mall.
1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair
Origin
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tartwoman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tartwoman
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“tartwoman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tartwoman. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tartwoman,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tartwoman.
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