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 best workwoman can earn seven shillings a week, working eight hours a day.
From Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind by Martin, Frances
The machine to sew hurries everything, and you find the workwoman sans ambition and busy only to hurry and be one with the machine.
From Prisoners of Poverty Abroad by Campbell, Helen
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
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
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