Definition of "woman-body" [woman-body]

• A woman: used disparagingly or in self-depreciation. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "She said that a woman-body built its own nest once a month."
• "He needed a secretary, a sort of caretaker for his chicken books, he said, laughing, and it must be a female person, since he had determined to bring Danny home from school for good and all, and he felt that a woman-body was a crying necessity."
• "I couldna tell ye hoo the story aboot the farm's bein 'haunted rose, to begin wi', but I mind fine hoo fleid I was; ay, an 'no only me, but every man-body an' woman-body on the farm."