farmerette
Americannoun
Gender
See -ette.
Etymology
Origin of farmerette
Example Sentences
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Years before Rosie the Riveter, the image of the farmerette inspired women to challenge traditional gender roles and served as a big boost to the suffragist movement.
From Time • Jun. 28, 2016
Marion Nevada Talley, Kansas farmerette, onetime soprano of the Metropolitan Opera Company, went to Manhattan to make a series of phonograph records.
From Time Magazine Archive
Amy came over immediately after breakfast, dressed in her farmerette costume, which was, in truth, a very practical suit in which to work.
From The Campfire Girls of Roselawn Or, a Strange Message from the Air by Penrose, Margaret
Ruth, who had been trying hard to control her feelings, now broke into sobs, for she had only one farmerette suit and this meant the loss of it.
From Hidden Treasure by Simpson, John Thomas
To the great delight of the farmerette, it was found that all the shoots had now broken through the soil and tiny green heads were showing in neat rows wherever Natalie had planted seeds.
From Natalie: A Garden Scout by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth
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