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Definition of distaff noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

distaff

noun

NAmE//ˈdɪstæf//

a stick that was used in the past for holding wool when it was spun by hand

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Idioms

on the distaff side (old-fashioned)

on the woman's side of the family

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