distaff

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distaff in WordNet English dictionary

noun

the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning
distaff
the sphere of work by women
distaff

adjective

characteristic of or peculiar to a woman
"female sensitiveness"; "female suffrage"
female distaff

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