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• St. Distaff - St. Distaff (See Distaff.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 Related ...
• Distaff - Distaff A woman. Properly the staff from which the flax was drawn in spinning. The allusion is to ...
• Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: S - Definitions, origins, and illustrative excerpts for words, phases, and literary allusions starting with "S"