Meanings
comparative more workwomanlike · superlative most workwomanlike
- Workmanlike; used of something made or done by a woman.
It is built in a workwomanlike manner, the boards being nailed on, and the glazing done, by the girls.
1871, Edward Everett Hale, Old and New, volume 3, numbers 1-7, page 1181 more example
Big dresser with a wide mirror, dozens of jars, vials, bottles, tubes, sprayers, palettes, and powderboxes to beauty dedicated, workwomanlike tools in the form of brushes, pads, curlers, combs, and brushes.
2007, Robert Ellwood, Campus Secrets, page 11
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