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

"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

Oh, womenfolk, as we once burned our bras could we not torch the footwear crucifying us?

From The New Yorker • May 16, 2016

When supper was served in the Great Hall that evening there were few gathered to eat it, because every man was on guard, and only the womenfolk and the children kept Sir Peter company.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli