Citations:distaff

English citations of distaff

• a. 1969, John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, Penguin, published 1981, →ISBN, page 95:

  " […] Where is our little distaff member this morning?" / "I had to send her home. She came to work this morning in her nightgown." / Ignatius frowned and said, "I do not understand why she was sent away. After all, we are quite informal here. We are one big family. I only hope that you have not damaged her morale."