飯めし売うり女おんな

noun

inn maid who also worked as a prostitute (Edo period)

Historical term for a woman employed at an inn during the Edo period who served guests and also engaged in prostitution. Often synonymous with 飯盛女 (めしもりおんな).

See also: 飯盛り女

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの宿しゅく場ばには、飯めし売うり女おんなと呼よばれる女じょ性せいが働はたらいていた。

  At post stations during the Edo period, women called meshuri onna worked.