町まち娘むすめ

noun

town girl; girl raised in a town

Dated term evoking a young woman from a merchant or commoner town background, often contrasted with country girls or samurai-class women. Still understood in historical or nostalgic contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの町まち娘むすめは、着き物ものの帯おびの結むすび方かたで既き婚こんか未み婚こんかがわかった。

  In the Edo period, you could tell whether a town girl was married or not by how her obi was tied.