Sentence example with the word 'distaff'

distaff

Definition adj. characteristic of or peculiar to a woman

Last update: October 2, 2015


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It represented the goddess, standing in the stiff archaic style, holding a spear in her right hand, in her left a distaff and spindle or a shield.   [Please select]

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Vere, smiling mysteriously, "he had other tow on his distaff last night."   [Please select]

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'In this game 'tis not a distaff, But a blade of steel thou needest.   [Please select]

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SINBAD, an old tar whose yarns are still on the distaff.   [Please select]

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The old man looked after the cows, and the old wife span on the distaff.   [Please select]

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"I wet my fingers with my lips, as I draw the thread from the distaff."   [Please select]

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Dames of highest rank still spent their days over the distaff or in combing flax.   [Please select]

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You plan war between two embassies on the distaff side.   [Please select]

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As a matter of fact, the present reigning family in England is glad to derive its ancient strain of royal blood through a Stuart--descended on the distaff side from James I.   [Please select]

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On the cover of the book was depicted an old lady holding in her hand a distaff and surrounded by a group of children listening eagerly.   [Please select]

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