Meanings
plural woman-children · plural women-children
- alternativeAlternative spelling of woman child.
1 more example
"I'm sure, lass, we like very well to have you. If there's one thing I've missed all my days, and coveted, which for that matter it's a sin and a breaking of the commandment, though there ain't no mention of a daughter in the wording of it, as there be of a wife, — if there be one thing I've coveted, it be a woman-child of my own; a girl's a wonderful comfort when the boats be out, let alone a sister for the lads."
1885, Mrs. Robert O'Reilly, “Joshua Long's Superstition”, in Kirke's Mill and Other Stories, Ballantyne Press, page 180
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woman-child. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woman-child
“woman-child.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woman-child. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “woman-child,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woman-child.
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