Gender
See -woman.
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Noun Inflected Forms
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Origin of workwoman
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His Majesty & Her Majesty patriotically impersonated, last week, the roles of a stupid workman and workwoman trying to operate complex factory machinery on the good old British plan for "muddling through."
From Time Magazine Archive
Every ingenious workwoman will find out patterns of her own more or less.
From Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery by Buckle, Mary
All my makings and mendings and turnings are done at home by a clever little workwoman, under my own superintendance, and I am most careful and economical.
From Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches by Black, Helen C.
"Do you know La Goualeuse and a young workwoman called Rigolette?" she inquired of Lorraine.
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 6 of 6 by Sue, Eugène
She was an indefatigable workwoman, rivalling her husband as an expert catcher, and all the year through she talked of little else but the coming run.
From Legends of Vancouver by Johnson, E. Pauline
The workwomen who are able to execute certain more difficult parts of the watch get higher wages, and can earn from five to ten francs a day.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 25, 2011
Clients sitting mesmerized before individual mirrors, Sumner Welles at last forgotten, while cunning workwomen pull roses or bows over their right eyes.
From Time Magazine Archive
The workmen and workwomen left together shake hands all round without any particular courtesy or cordiality.
From Woman on Her Own, False Gods and The Red Robe Three Plays By Brieux by Miall, Bernard
The making of covers is a distinct branch of book-building that gives employment to a great many skilled workmen and workwomen.
From Harper's Round Table, August 6, 1895 by Various
Dressmakers are peculiarly subject to the attacks of consumption; workwomen constantly suffer from varicose veins.
From The Night Side of London by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
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