adwoman
Americannoun
plural
adwomenSensitive Note
See woman.
Example Sentences
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Peggy Olson, the striving adwoman on the make, has recently been taken up as the patron saint of quitters.
From New York Times
An adwoman’s lawyer boyfriend tries to prove that Macy’s Santa Claus is the real thing.
From Los Angeles Times
The poor priest and the sharp-elbowed adwoman make an unlikely couple, to say the least, but ultimately the book is more interested in affairs of the soul than of the heart.
From Slate
"It's about time," says Pat Tobin, an L.A.-based adwoman whose clients include Toyota and AT&T. "African Americans helped build this country, and we've been shut out too long."
From Time Magazine Archive
In the middle of a gale on Long Island Sound, while her friends are wrestling with lines and sails, Wendy Sherman, a Manhattan adwoman, slips to the bow of a 36-ft. yawl, makes herself as comfortable as she can, and closes her eyes.
From Time Magazine Archive
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