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workwomanlike en · ADJ

Etymology

From workwoman + -like.

Meanings

1. Workmanlike; used of something made or done by a woman.
   • It is built in a workwomanlike manner, the boards being nailed on, and the glazing done, by the girls. 1871, Edward Everett Hale, Old and New, volume 3, numbers 1-7, page 118:
   • Big dresser with a wide mirror, dozens of jars, vials, bottles, tubes, sprayers, palettes, and powderboxes to beauty dedicated, workwomanlike tools in the form of brushes, pads, curlers, combs, and brushes. 2007, Robert Ellwood, Campus Secrets, page 11:

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