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
A great sensation was caused in Italy a few decades ago when a humble workwoman, Signora Bassani, succeeded in rediscovering the peculiar stitch of the celebrated Venetian point, which had been lost for centuries.
From Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind by Zahm, John Augustine
If you were a good workwoman, it paid well.
From The Shadow by Ovington, Mary White
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
The workwoman forms the hollow inside of the vessel by means of a round stone which she holds in her hand while she works and smooths the outside with a piece of poplar bark.
From Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by Bushnell, David Ives
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