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

distaff in spanish

Dictionary:
spanish
Translations:
rueca

distaff in german

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german
Translations:
spinnrocken, rocken

distaff in french

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french
Translations:
quenouille

distaff in russian

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russian
Translations:
прялка

distaff in finnish

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finnish
Translations:
värttinä

distaff in czech

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czech
Translations:
přeslice

distaff in polish

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polish
Translations:
kądziel

distaff in greek

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greek
Translations:
ρόκα

distaff in ukrainian

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ukrainian
Translations:
прядка

distaff in estonian

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estonian
Translations:
naistetöö, naiselik, koonlapuu

distaff in croatian

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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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