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 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

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

From Prisoners of Poverty Abroad by Campbell, Helen

If you were a good workwoman, it paid well.

From The Shadow by Ovington, Mary White

"Do you know La Goualeuse and a young workwoman called Rigolette?" she inquired of Lorraine.

From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 6 of 6 by Sue, Eugène