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men's businessnoun [mass noun]1A subject or activity that is supposedly only of concern or interest to men: politics and war was men’s business, and she was perfectly content to leave it to them...- War, old-fashioned war, is still men's business.
- Shooting was men's business, trust a woman to do something like that.
- Elegant females don't concern themselves with men's business.
1.1Australian Aboriginal rituals and knowledge open only to initiated males: here, guarded by a sturdy palm-trunk fence, is the sanctuary of men’s business...- In relation to 'men's business' the author emphasises the extensive regional inter-relatedness that is fostered between men at these annual events.
- I went out to Mitchell where our family grew up, and back to the land and did some men's business out there.
- The Seven Sisters are Creator Beings who move through the ancestral landscape, creating natural phenomena and involving themselves in ceremonial life, including "young men's business" or initiation ceremonies.
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