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distaff side

noun

the female side of a family (opposed to spear side).

Origin:
1885–90

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distaff side

—n
	Compare spear side the female side or branch of a family

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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"... by and large, wife-changing and high office are not compatible. This inequity accounts for the many dull women in Washington and is the cause of much smug complacency on the distaff side of political marriages."

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