mannishness
The condition of being mannish; manliness or masculinity.
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Caribbean
#2·Apr 27, 2026Caribbean
(Caribbean) Impertinence; precociousness.
: 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.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026Caribbean
The condition of being mannish; manliness or masculinity.
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