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Miss Mowcher

A tiny, quick-witted hairdresser and manicurist who moves through great houses with sharp eyes and a sharper tongue, missing nothing.

supporting

Also known as the wary Mowcher, Mowcher, little Mowcher, Little Mowcher, Excellent Miss Mowcher

First appearance: xxii some old scenes and some new people

As a supporting figure in David Copperfield, Miss Mowcher is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Arrives in distress, expressing guilt and sorrow over her role in the events, and lamenting being treated as a plaything.
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Miss Mowcher is a dwarf who earns her living attending to the hair and hands of fashionable ladies, and she carries herself with a theatrical self-possession that disarms the people who underestimate her. She is fond of…

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See Miss Mowcher in xxii some old scenes and some new people

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TTTommy TraddlesWMWilkins MicawberMMMiss Mowcher

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See Miss Mowcher in xxii some old scenes and some new people
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