distaff
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But this year, the attention is on the 50th anniversary of the first women’s race, a milestone that is complicated by the thorny history of the distaff division.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 16, 2022
Among them are delicate wooden items such as a small, wood-turned bit for a lamb or goat and a carved distaff for spinning wool - even a Bronze Age ski.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 16, 2020
The premise, right away, appears to be a distaff version of “Groundhog Day,” that classic Zen Buddhist romantic comedy, in which “I Got You, Babe” keeps playing, eternally, at 6 a.m.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 28, 2019
This week John McWhorter looks at the origin of woman, girl, and other distaff terms.
From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2018
So Phylo rolled it in to stand beside her, heaped with fine spun stuff, and cradled on it the distaff swathed in dusky violet wool.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
Vocabulary lists containing distaff
The Odyssey
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Twelfth Night
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