Word: distaff

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Synonyms: distaff

waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels

Translations: distaff

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spanish
Translations:
rueca
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german
Translations:
spinnrocken, rocken
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french
Translations:
quenouille
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russian
Translations:
прялка
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finnish
Translations:
värttinä
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czech
Translations:
přeslice
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polish
Translations:
kądziel
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greek
Translations:
ρόκα
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ukrainian
Translations:
прядка
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estonian
Translations:
naistetöö, naiselik, koonlapuu
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croatian
Translations:
kudjelja

The meaning and "use of": distaff

noun
  • a stick or spindle onto which wool or flax is wound for spinning. - Then she brought forth a sack of carded wool, and three distaffs , and brought this all over to where we sat.

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