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View synonyms for distaff side
distaff side
distaff side
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Word History and Origins
Origin of distaff side1
First recorded in 1885–90
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Example Sentences
Though they do say that the Cawdors have gipsy blood on the distaff side.
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The jug descended in a Sussex County, Delaware, family—on the distaff side, curiously.
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Aunt Catherine's children were members of the family only on the distaff side, and so were of less importance.
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The sovereign profession among bees and ants is always female, and publicans also descend on the distaff side.
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They inherit Plantagenet blood by direct descent, and Tudor on the distaff side.
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