woman-hour

[woom-uhn-ouuhr, -ou-er]

wom·an-hour

[woom-uhn-ouuhr, -ou-er]
noun
a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy, based on an ideal amount of work accomplished by one woman in an hour.

Origin:
1960–65

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Woman-hour is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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woman of the hour

noun
1.
a woman honored by a group.
2.
a woman who is currently the most important or admired.
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