The King, to avoid the misfortune foretold by the old fairy, issued orders forbidding any one, on pain of death, to spin with a distaff and spindle, or to have a spindle in his house.
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Distaff
/ˈdɪstɑːf/
Synonyms for "distaff" (46 found)
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8 entriesCollocations
10 entriesdistaff heritagedistaff lineagedistaff realmdistaff sidedistaff spinningdistaff textilesdistaff workflax distaffon the distaffwool distaff
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11 total sentences available.
The spindle and the distaff.
Source: tatoeba (9011310)
She took the distaff and the wool she had just unraveled in order to begin spinning.
Source: tatoeba (13343216)
Then hadſt thou had an excellent head of haire. […] Excellent, it hangs like flax on a diſtaffe: & I hope to ſee a huſwife take thee between her legs, & ſpin it off.
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Showing 4 of 11 available sentences.