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

Then my father died; and I came to Paris, where I went into a shop as a simple workwoman.

From The Barber of Paris by Kock, Charles Paul de

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

The London workwoman buys a pound for one penny, or at the most twopence.

From Prisoners of Poverty Abroad by Campbell, Helen

In a faded sky-blue dressing-gown trimmed with yellow woollen lace, Stasy is standing beside a workwoman from Worth's, who is busy fastening large solitaires upon the Princess's ball-dress.

From Erlach Court by Schubin, Ossip