starchster

Updated: June 16, 2025

But Ellen the starchster, being busie in the Kitchin with the Mistriss about ordering the Linnen, having let the Doctor in; saith, Mistriss, the Doctor is come there, and is gone into the Chamber; by my truly Mistriss, I hear say that my Master hath got a fever.

A. Marsh - The Ten Pleasures of Marriage : and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple