(UK, Liverpool, historical) A working-class woman, typically dressed in a shawl, carrying one or more babies, and working as a market trader.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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