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| dis·taff [ dí stàf ] |
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1. women's concerns: work or other matters regarded as the concern of women
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sometimes considered offensive
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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
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| [ Old English distæf< Germanic, "bunch of flax" + staff1] |
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