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

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 Warner, Susan

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

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

Every ingenious workwoman will find out patterns of her own more or less.

From Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery by Buckle, Mary