单词 | distaff side |
释义 | > as lemmasdistaff side distaff side n. the female branch of a house or family. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [noun] > a line of descent > side > female line or side mother-descent1642 distaff1644 spindle-side1851 spindle1877 distaff side1890 matrilineage1949 matriline1957 1890 Temple Bar Nov. 311 ‘Is there insanity in Byng's blood?’ Not certainly on the distaff side, the side of his eminently sane and wholesome mother. < as lemmas |
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