English Dictionary

come upon the town

フレーズ

古語 慣用表現

(archaic, idiomatic) To become a prostitute; turn to prostitution.

日本語の意味

(古風な表現) 売春に従事する、売春婦になる

After the harvest failed and her husband abandoned her, it was whispered in the village that she had come upon the town, offering herself for coin to feed her children.

収穫が失敗し夫に見捨てられると、村人たちは彼女が娼婦になり、子どもたちに食べさせるために体を売っているとささやいた。

意味（1）

(archaic, idiomatic) To become a prostitute; turn to prostitution.

To be sure, it would have been more for the advantage of conversation had Miss Lydia Bennet come upon the town; or, as the happiest alternative, been secluded from the world, in some distant farm house.