distaff
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This courtly paradigm of imperial extravagance is of an order quite different from the decorated spindles, distaffs and painted figures of the Russian provinces.
From Time Magazine Archive
The ladies ridiculed these men for their cowardice and want of spirit, and they sent them their distaffs as presents.
From Richard I Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
The spinners sprang to their feet; the flax and the distaffs fell to the floor.
From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
He was followed by two shepherdesses in white with distaffs and tapers.
From Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan by Miles, Clement A.
Moreover, their distaffs and spindles had something peculiar, and no spinster might so finely and nimbly spin the thread.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 by Various
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