Mannishness (See also Boyishness.) Allusions, Definition, Citation, Reference, Information - Allusion to Mannishness (See also Boyishness.)


  1. Amazon female warrior. [Gk. Myth.: Parrinder, 18]
  2. Boadicea (Boudicca) British queen and warrior; slew 80,000 Romans. [Br. Hist.: Walsh, Classical, 58]
  3. Bradamant female knight-errant. [Ital. Lit.: Orlando Furioso]
  4. Brass, Sally couldn’t tell her apart from brother Sampson. [Br. Lit.: The Old Curiosity Shop]
  5. Omphale Lydian queen; wore Hercules’ lion skin. [Gk. Myth.: Wheeler, 269]
  6. Rosie the Riveter popular WWII song romanticizing women workers. [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 395]