The Collaborative International Dictionary
Workwoman
Workwoman \Work"wom`an\, n.; pl. Workwomen, n. A woman who performs any work; especially, a woman skilled in needlework.
Usage examples of "workwoman".
Lord Redlady with a democratic heartiness which was so false that the workwoman Eleanor, silent all the evening, let out one wild caw of a laugh, like a kookaburra beginning to whoop in a tree.
This caprice was swayable by every breath, and paid a merely subordinate regard, in the choice of workwomen, to the circumstances of skill, cheapness and diligence.
And Madame Angelin did not only envy that poor workwoman her little boy, she also envied her that old man smoking his pipe yonder, that infirm relic of labor who at all events saw clearly and still lived.