farmerette
Americannoun
Gender
See -ette.
Etymology
Origin of farmerette
Example Sentences
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She said many of the farmerettes hadn’t even worked on farms prior to the war.
From Washington Times
Within a 2-year period, over 20,000 “farmerettes” of the Women’s Land Army of America replaced male laborers in 42 states.
From Time
The farmerettes were ready for him, when he finally drove in at the side gate.
From Project Gutenberg
This time the double of Mamise was not posed as a farmerette in an English landscape, but as a woman of fashion in a Colonial drawing-room.
From Project Gutenberg
Amy came over immediately after breakfast, dressed in her farmerette costume, which was, in truth, a very practical suit in which to work.
From Project Gutenberg
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