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virago

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A woman of extraordinary stature, strength, and courage; a woman who has the robust body and masculine mind of a man; a female warrior.

Hence, a mannish woman; a bold, turbulent woman; a termagant; a vixen.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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So indurated was I at that time to the abomination of the place, that I heard without a touch of emotion the puma victim begin another day of torture. It met its persecutor with a shriek, almost exactly like that of an angry virago. H. G. Wells

Ken, the Tot of Destiny, had turned into the Marquis de Sade, and I in response had become a virago. Elaine Dundy

Hyndman is known for, among others, his Kayne Prime (also located at the T-intersection) and Virago. Source: Internet

The band-- which includes Johnnie Cluney, John Gamino, Nolan Girard, Dennis Hockaday, and Jake Sheley-- will share the stage with Cave and Drunk Virago at the Hangar. Source: Internet

Virago Press began to publish its large list of 19th and early 20th century novels in 1975 and became one of the first commercial presses to join in the project of reclamation. Source: Internet

Virago Press began to publish its large list of 19th and early-20th-century novels in 1975 and became one of the first commercial presses to join in the project of reclamation. Source: Internet

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