飯めし炊たき女おんな

noun

female cook; kitchenmaid

Historical term for a woman employed to cook, especially in a large household or inn.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの大おお店だなには飯めし炊たき女おんなが何なん人にんもいた。

  In the Edo period, large merchant houses had several female cooks.

noun

waitress-prostitute in Osaka teahouses

Archaic term for a woman who worked as both a waitress and a prostitute in Osaka teahouses during the Edo period.

• 「飯めし炊たき女おんな」は、大おお阪さかの茶ちゃ屋やで給きゅう仕じと売ばい春しゅんを兼かねた女じょ性せいを指さした古ふるい言こと葉ばだ。

  "Meshitaki onna" is an old term for women who served both as waitresses and prostitutes in Osaka teahouses.