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Eipjoo Posted 13 years ago
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Your mum is still

Would you correct my dictation?

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- Your mum is still finding it all very difficult.
- Yeah.. I know.
- She’s always been every inch the stockholm and.. she had..
  

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" I couldn't say what exactly they mean by "stock woman" in this context. This is a British recording, but in the US this would literally mean either a woman who works with livestock - farm animals, usually something like cows and horses - or a woman who works in a warehouse, is in charge of ordering or moving materials or merchandise ("stock") or something like that. The first one seems more likely, but it still seems like an odd thing to say.

— JoshuaXD

  • " I couldn't say what exactly they mean by "stock woman" in this context.
  • This is a British recording, but in the US this would literally mean either a woman who works with livestock - farm animals, usually something like cows and horses - or a woman who works in a warehouse, is in charge of ordering or moving materials or merchandise ("stock") or something like that.
  • The first one seems more likely, but it still seems like an odd thing to say.
  • It could be British slang though - hard to tell without more context.
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"every inch the stock woman"

Meaning she's a perfect example of a "stock woman."

I couldn't say what exactly they mean by "stock woman" in this context. This is a British recording, but in the US this would literally mean either a woman who works with livestock - farm animals, usually something like cows and horses - or a woman who works in a warehouse, is in charge of ordering
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Based on the other bit of dialog you posted, this definitely refers to livestock.
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