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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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henwife
noun
a woman who has charge of or who deals in poultry; a wise woman:
When the maid mentioned
eggs
, the queen knew the old wumman must be a henwife.
la15-
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etymology:
Scots; attested by
DW