English

Noun

apple-wife ‎(plural apple-wives)

1. A female apple-seller.
   • 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped, chapter 11

     Last night ye haggled and argle-bargled like an apple-wife; and then passed me your word, and gave me your hand to back it; and ye ken very well what was the upshot.

See also

• costermonger