How about this definition Alan? distaff side noun the female side of a family : the family title could be passed down through the distaff side. The opposite of spear side . • the female members of a group : this fascination was not limited to the distaff side of society. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: because spinning (see distaff ) was traditionally done by women while men did the weaving. On May 13, 2010, at 5:21 PM, reggaepass at aol.com wrote: > Peter, > an occasional tip to the distaff side of the fence > I looked up "distaff" but cannot make the connection between any of the definitions offered and what you might mean. Help? > > Alan Eder > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100513/5ac5c381/attachment.htm>
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