tinkeress

Updated: May 29, 2025

I must confine myself to the statement that Mrs Bray had found few beyond reproach, and "the latest," as she termed it, concerned one Dr Tinker, whose wife known colloquially as the old Tinkeress had recently administered a public horsewhipping to a young lady whom the doctor had too ardently admired. Mrs Bray had only just unearthed the facts that day, and was overwhelmingly interested in them.

Miles Franklin - Some Everyday Folk and Dawn