woman-hour
noun
An hour regarded in terms of the amount of work that can be done by a woman in this period.
- Chiefly used as a conscious and sometimes humorous alternative to man-hour..
Origin
Early 20th century.
- take the trouble
- take the veil
- take the wind out of someone's sails
- take the words out of someone's mouth
- take thought
- take time by the forelock
- take to
- take to one's bed
- take to one's heels
- take to something like a duck to water
- take to the bush
- take to the road (or take the road)
- take turns (or take it in turns)
- take-up
- take up arms
- take up (or pick up) the baton
- cutch
- cut corners
- cut-down
- cute
- cutely
- cuteness
- cutesiness
- cutesy
- cut from the same cloth