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Nov 30, 2009
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dis•taff



Pronunciation: (dis'taf, -täf), [key]
—n.
1. a staff with a cleft end for holding wool, flax, etc., from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand.
2. a similar attachment on a spinning wheel.
3. Archaic.
a. a woman or women collectively.
b. woman's work.

—adj.
Sometimes Offensive.noting, pertaining to, characteristic of, or suitable for a woman; female.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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