Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A woman who sings or is employed to sing.
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Examples
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Presently, a singing-woman took the lute and began singing,
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No. And that is why I think it must have been that red-haired singing-woman whom he once —
Hedda Gabler 2006
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Hedda — I hear that this singing-woman — that she is in town again!
Hedda Gabler 2006
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No. And that is why I think it must have been that red-haired singing-woman whom he once —
Hedda Gabler 2006
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Hedda — I hear that this singing-woman — that she is in town again!
Hedda Gabler 2006
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In his soul there was a depression as deep as in that of the singing-woman.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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The figure of the singing-woman bent over her protectingly, as it might almost seem, and her hands were caught in a warm clasp.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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In his soul there was a depression as deep as in that of the singing-woman.
The Judgment House Gilbert Parker 1897
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The figure of the singing-woman bent over her protectingly, as it might almost seem, and her hands were caught in a warm clasp.
The Judgment House Gilbert Parker 1897
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Indeed, as late as the time of Nebuchadnezzar, the old law remained unrepealed, and we find a certain Nebo-akhi-iddin, who married a singing-woman, stipulating in the marriage contract that if he should divorce her and marry another he was to pay her six manehs, but if, on the contrary, she committed adultery, she should be put to death with
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