We have no meanings for "distaff side" in our records yet.
1 But no group raised the temperance banner higher than the nation's distaff side .
2 They inherit Plantagenet blood by direct descent, and Tudor on the distaff side .
3 You plan war between two embassies on the distaff side !
4 Jean had always told her that this came from the distaff side of the family.
5 There were also Cromwellian ancestors on the distaff side .
6 Well, in honour of International Woman's Day, this week's Ticket is inclining towards the distaff side .
7 There was a distinction drawn, and the Gael was on the distaff side of it, always.
8 The sovereign profession among bees and ants is always female, and publicans also descend on the distaff side .
9 For a start, it underplays the genetic importance of the dam (the distaff side of the pedigree).
10 Both companies used girls during the last war, & Postal used to maintain a small distaff side for interoffice work.
11 There will be 71 people with the name of Butler present, besides those who are related on the distaff side .
12 In recent years, the distaff side of tennis in the US has been a cast of two from the same family.
13 On the father's side he is the grandchild of the seventh Duke of Marlborough, on the distaff side , of Leonard Jerome.
14 I wish to probe the family records and find out what I can of the ' distaff side of the line,' as Mr.
15 He heard how on the distaff side he was sprung from proud western earls, Thorwolf the Black, and Halfdan and Hallward Skullsplitter.
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