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
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 E. Pauline Johnson
Mrs. Candy and her daughter even looked at each other and smiled over the demure, thoughtful little face of the workwoman; and Matilda got praise for her work.
From Opportunities by Susan Warner
The workwoman seated herself on one of the swept stone steps, still holding the child in her arms, and they gazed long and earnestly at the writing above them.
From Soap-Bubble Stories For Children by Fanny Barry
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 Ossip Schubin
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
One of the first workwomen was Martha Trant, subsequently employed for more than twenty years.
From Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind by Frances Martin
This caprice was swayable by every breath, and paid a merely subordinate regard, in the choice of workwomen, to the circumstances of skill, cheapness and diligence.
From Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Charles Brockden Brown
The tradesmen and workmen and workwomen in England were driven crazy in their efforts to carry out the ideas and commands of their employers.
From Needlework As Art by Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess Alford
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