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| Main Entry: |
distaff
 [dis-taf, -tahf] 
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | feminine |
| Synonyms: | female, femalelike, ladylike, maternal, muliebral, womanish, womanly |
| Main Entry: | muliebrity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | femininity |
| Synonyms: | delicacy, distaff, docility, effeminateness, feminality, femineity, feminineness, gentleness, kindness, softness, womanhood, womankind, womanliness, womenfolk |
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Example Sentences
- That, and the songs, should excite every distaff customer in the house and undoubtedly the gentlemen will go for it too.
- Barbara, patron saint of miners, represent the distaff side of humanity down here.
- It won't change, though, if the distaff side talks to themselves.
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