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distaff

dis·taff [ dí stàf ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. women's concerns: work or other matters regarded as the concern of women ( literary ) ( sometimes considered offensive )

2. rod for unspun thread: a rod on which wool or flax is wound for somebody to use when spinning by hand, or the corresponding rod on a spinning wheel

[ Old English distæf< Germanic, "bunch of flax" + staff1]
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