The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman · Character
La Fosseuse
A French maid in a tale, involved in a comic misunderstanding.
minor
First appearance: xxiii
La Fosseuse shows up with force in The Fragment. The page is where that presence becomes real.
A maid of honor who first utters the word 'whiskers' before the queen, setting off a chain of associations and moralizing.
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