Gender
See -woman.
Etymology
Origin of workwoman
Example Sentences
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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
The "fitter," for instance, must be a skilled workwoman, the flatness and proper set of the shirt front depending upon correct fitting at the neck.
From Prisoners of Poverty Abroad by Campbell, Helen
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.
I am not a tradesman myself, and I don't care to make money out of a workwoman.
From Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 by Kock, Charles Paul de
A sighted brushmaker employing a hundred workwomen states that she must be a very good workwoman who can earn six shillings a week at eight hours a day.
From Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind by Martin, Frances
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