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

She resolved therefore to become a workwoman, and to employ in this way the leisure she possessed from household avocations.

From Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Brown, Charles Brockden

A workwoman, friends, she, no less than a princess; and princess most in being so.

From Saint Ursula Story of Ursula and Dream of Ursula by Ruskin, John

The best workwoman can earn seven shillings a week, working eight hours a day.

From Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind by Martin, Frances

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

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