wimmin

American  

[wim-in] / ˈwɪm ɪn /

plural noun

1. Eye Dialect. women (misspelled to convey a speaker's lack of education or an informal speech register).

   He won’t stoop to doing what he calls wimmin’s work.

2. women (used chiefly in feminist writing as an alternative spelling to avoid the suggestion of sexism perceived in the sequencem-e-n ).

   Wimmin’s rights are human rights.

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Etymology

Origin of wimmin

First recorded in 1710–15 wimmin for def. 1; 1975–80 wimmin for def. 2

Example Sentences

They keep on coming, these women and wimmin.

From The Guardian • Jun. 19, 2010

But Outcault was enjoying himself and his Yellow Kid was shouting: "I wish dat dese lovely wimmin wud leave me alone."

From Time Magazine Archive

His minions include a creatively frustrated egghead, a hot-tempered muscleman, a pair of winsome young lovers and all manner of ax-swinging loggers and their "wimmin."

From Time Magazine Archive

Feller sisters:—When I caste mi eye on a sirkle of luvely wimmin bizzy with their needles, mi harte seems tew stretch clean akross mi buzzum.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.

All wimmin say so before they're first married, knowin' nawthin' iv marriage; an' half iv thim swear it to thimselves before they've been married a year, knowin' too much.

From The Land of Strong Men by Chisholm, A. M. (Arthur Murray)