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
Mrs. Candy and her daughter even looked at each other and smiled over the demure, thoughtful little face of the workwoman; and Matilda got praise for her work.
From Opportunities by Susan Warner
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 Helen C. Black
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 E. Pauline Johnson
If you were a good workwoman, it paid well.
From The Shadow by Mary White Ovington
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 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
Various places are chosen by sundry workmen and workwomen for this practice of waiting to be hired.
From A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France by William Duthie
The heads of the manifold trades are naturally and properly concerned primarily with turning raw boys and girls into good workmen and workwomen.
From Booker T. Washington Builder of a Civilization by Emmett J. (Emmett Jay) Scott
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