workwoman
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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 London workwoman buys a pound for one penny, or at the most twopence.
From Prisoners of Poverty Abroad by Campbell, Helen
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
If we have earlier typified nature as a great workwoman, and we still hold to the statement, we must now add that the static condition, the condition of rest, does not imply any mechanical labor.
From Landmarks of Scientific Socialism "Anti-Duehring" by Engels, Friedrich
One Saturday night, when the workwoman was there, her son came to fetch her home, and she somehow smuggled him into the empty nursery to wait until she was ready to go home with him.
From Tales of the Toys, Told by Themselves by Broderip, Frances Freeling
The workwomen who are able to execute certain more difficult parts of the watch get higher wages, and can earn from five to ten francs a day.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 25, 2011
Clients sitting mesmerized before individual mirrors, Sumner Welles at last forgotten, while cunning workwomen pull roses or bows over their right eyes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tell me, Mademoiselle, if there was a strike here, could you count upon your workwomen?
From Woman on Her Own, False Gods and The Red Robe Three Plays By Brieux by Miall, Bernard
The ladies of the parish would not let Miss B—— hire workwomen, but came and did things with their own hands.
From Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. by Hall, Edward B.
As to the workwomen, they looked upon him much as a Prince Rodolphe,—for they had all read "The Mysteries of Paris,"—and admired his tall, slender figure and his careful dress.
From Jack 1877 by Sherwood, Mary Neal
