operatrixn.
/ˌɒpəˈreɪtrɪks/, U.S. /ˌɑpəˈreɪtrɪks/ A female operator; = operatress n.
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operatrix1661
1661 T. Stanley Chaldaick Oracles Zoroaster 31 Because she is the Operatrix, because she is the Dispensatrix of Life-giving fire.
1693 J. Dennis Miscellanies 102 Now the Operatrix falls to work, And pulls the Bone out with a Jerk.
1792 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 21/1 Mr. Maden, husband to the celebrated operatrix on the teeth.
1853 Critic 1 July 349/3 The two operatrixes mounted upon footstools to enable them, without fatigue, to place their hands upon my shoulders.
1923 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 53 64 They enter the hut naked, a belt of kimelaik grass is tied round the waist and siek nettles are inserted into the vagina by the operatrix.
1989 Boston Globe (Nexis) 5 Mar. (Arts section) a23 He wasn't even drunk, never mind pawing the elevator operatrix.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1661- to pervert the course of justice
- to pester the dickens out of
- to pester the etc out of
- to pester the life out of
- to pester the soul out of
- to phase down
- to phase out
- to phrase and fleech
- to phrase it
- to pick a hole in
- to pick a hole in a person's coat
- to pick a hole or holes in
- to pick a holes in
- to pick a person out of the hat
- to pick a person's brain
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- to pick a salad
- to pick a thank
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- to pick a thing out of the hat
- to pick and choose
- to pick and cull
- to pick apart
- to pick at
- to pick away