womenfolk
Example Sentences
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But the womenfolk in town were way ahead of them.
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2024
We’d celebrated the holiday in the manly way: dad in his jacket and tie and me in an itchy sweater, accompanying the womenfolk to church.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2022
There is something of the medieval battle convention to this; when a knight is vanquished, all his womenfolk just have to spontaneously join a nunnery, or become vowesses.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 27, 2017
"We had grown up having buffaloes in our cattle pen and had watched the womenfolk condense leftover milk over a low flame. What he didn't know was the exact recipe, the spices."
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2017
“You don’t think we womenfolk can handle ourselves? You guys go—we’ll be perfectly fine. Won’t we, Deedee?”
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
