Definitions for forelady

forelady fore·la·dy

Spelling: [fawr-ley-dee, fohr-]
IPA: /ˈfɔrˌleɪ di, ˈfoʊr-/

Forelady is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 346 anagrams from letters in forelady (adeflory).

Definitions for forelady

noun

  1. a forewoman.

Origin of forelady

An Americanism dating back to 1885-90; fore- + lady

Examples for forelady

Ada I loved—our forelady in the bead work—young, good-looking, intelligent.

Mrs. Hall had been a forelady in a New York private dressmaking establishment.

My experience this time was with a foreman instead of a forelady.

She is such a very nice person, our forelady—quiet, attractive, neat as a pin.

The forelady in a dress-making establishment will receive $15 or $20 a week.

The forelady at Parsons' did not know whether I worked well or not.

At the end of an hour the forelady beckoned me—such a neat, sweet person as she was—and I took my initial whack at a foot press.

Bless my soul, if Lucia did not perk up the second the forelady left, edge over, and direct a volume of Italian at me.

All this I had from the forelady in between her finding out everything there was to know about me.

Just then the locker room door opened and a forelady came in.

Word Value for forelady
Scrable

15

Words with friends

15

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