distaff
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(noun) the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning |
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Related Words: staff |
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(noun) the sphere of work by women |
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Related Words: area, arena, domain, field, orbit, sphere |
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| 3. |
(satellite adjective) characteristic of or peculiar to a woman; "female sensitiveness"; "female suffrage" |
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Synonyms: female |
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