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| мастерица; женщина "на все руки" | |||
| акушерка (самоучка без образования: In the nineteenth century (and earlier, of course) no poor woman could afford to pay the fee required by a doctor for the delivery of her baby. So she was forced to rely on the services of an untrained, self-taught midwife, or "handywoman" as they were often called. Марчихин) | |||