- distaff side
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the female side of a family (opposed to spear side).[1885-90]
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distaff side
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distaff side — Synonyms and related words: affiliation, agnate, ancestry, apparentation, birth, blood, blood relation, blood relative, bloodline, branch, breed, clansman, cognate, collateral, collateral relative, common ancestry, connections, consanguinean,… … Moby Thesaurus
distaff side — dis′taff side n. sex the female side of a family • Etymology: 1885–90 … From formal English to slang
distaff side — the female side of a family (opposed to spear side). [1885 90] … Useful english dictionary
distaff side — noun the female or maternal branch of a family Ant: spear side … Wiktionary
distaff side — /ˈdɪstaf saɪd/ (say distahf suyd) noun the female side of a family …
on the distaff side — old fashioned phrase on the woman’s side of a family Thesaurus: describing or relating to relatednesshyponym Main entry: distaff * * * on the distaff side idiom ( … Useful english dictionary
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Distaff — Queen Berthe instructing girls to spin flax on spindles using distaffs, Albert Anker, 1888 … Wikipedia
distaff — I. noun (plural distaffs) Etymology: Middle English distaf, from Old English distæf, from dis (akin to Middle Low German dise bunch of flax) + stæf staff Date: before 12th century 1. a. a staff for holding the flax, tow, or wool in spinning b.… … New Collegiate Dictionary
distaff — UK [ˈdɪstɑːf] / US [ˈdɪˌstæf] noun [countable] Word forms distaff : singular distaff plural distaffs a small stick used in the past for winding wool around when spinning • on the distaff side … English dictionary
