masculine caesura

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a caesura occurring immediately after a stressed or a long syllable.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

She told a story of a fellow employee who identifies as a butch dyke (a lesbian who takes on a more masculine identity).
The LGBT Center That Changed Our Lives|Justin Jones|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In America, there are way more male filmmakers than female ones, and they want to tell more masculine stories.
The Resurrection of Kristen Stewart|Marlow Stern|October 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
No excessively masculine hero of a traditional cowboy detective story, The Dude is a different kind of man.
Dudes and Maudes Abide at New York City Lebowski Fest|Rich Goldstein|August 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then it says masculine and feminine roles are distinct in the Bible.
Southern Baptist Convention: Trans People Don’t Exist|Jay Michaelson|June 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST

As a grad student, I believed that ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’ were tools of patriarchal oppression.
Why I Finally Let My Girls Be Girly|Andy Hinds|May 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He steeled himself, for he had had his experience of woman's wiles; and his faith in masculine supremacy as a habit did not waver.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
“Well, you are a good creetur,” said that masculine female, looking up as her friend entered.
The Garret and the Garden|R.M. Ballantyne
She belonged to that ultra-modern school which scorns to sue masculine admiration, but which cannot dispense with it nevertheless.
Dope|Sax Rohmer
She learned to appreciate at its true value that masculine admiration which, in an unusual degree, she had the power to excite.
Dope|Sax Rohmer
And in the final battle, when the feminine principle is pitted against the masculine, I fancy we shall know how to win the day.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton