Meaning of mannishness | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The condition of being mannish; manliness or masculinity.
   uncountable
2. Impertinence; precociousness.
   Caribbean, uncountable

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Examples

“1903, Mabel Atkinson, Review⟳ of Lily Braun, Die⟳ Frauenfrage: ihre geschichtliche Entwicklung und wirtschaftliche Seite in American Journal of Sociology, 1 March⟳, 1903, p. 703, She thinks also that when once the first ardor of revolution, with its inevitable tendency to mannishness, has passed by, women who work⟳ need⟳ lose⟳ none of their proper grace and charm—a view⟳ which is certainly borne out by facts.”

“I hate⟳ women in stiff collars and shirts and ties and mannishness like⟳ that […]”

“There was a certain thickness to her movement and appearance, a rough mannishness, despite the large breasts which she tried to flatten beneath a harness-like bra, stolen from an older sister's dresser.”

“Chinta came straight up to him and said, with the mannishness she put⟳ on when Mrs Tulsi was away, ‘Brother-in-law, I want⟳ you to know⟳ that until you came to this house there were no crab-catchers here.’”

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