Definitions

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  • noun A female cave dweller

Etymologies

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cave +‎ woman

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Examples

  • Di found an animal print dress at Goodwill for a couple bucks and made a passable cavewoman outfit.

    Snow Queen matrixleap 2009

  • If you mean that everyone dons hair shirts and stops working apart from to yank cavewoman back into the cave for a seeing to or going out to pluck some dock leaves for breakfast then, no, of course nobody should de-industrialise.

    Response: We don't need to de-industrialise to meet our emissions targets 2011

  • I leaned forward and let out a guttural scream totally worthy of some big-screen, multimillion-dollar cavewoman production.

    Vanished Kate Brian 2010

  • She looks like a cavewoman who desperately needs to be clubbed more than any of the other cavewomen.

    WEEKEND EXTRA: ONCE A YEAR PERIOD 2008

  • Or if I was having some preprogrammed biological cavewoman reaction to a caveman saving me from a saber-toothed tiger.

    Going Too Far Jennifer Echols 2009

  • Another poem of hers that I find really compelling is the story of the origin of moving pictures, as the cavewoman throws berries into the fire.

    Essentialism? Say What? : Emily Warn : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007

  • And while the notion that sexual decisions are tethered to our caveman (or cavewoman) past has come under recent criticism, it seems just as reasonable that the myriad of female motivations could come from the flood of mixed messages we hear about how women are supposed to behave: enjoy sex but don't enjoy it too much, withhold it but don't be a prude, save it, flaunt it, be sexy but not a slut.

    The Pursuit of Sexual Happiness 2009

  • Kenny Keil offers an imaginary one entitled “Grog See You,” in which an unfrozen caveman posts one for a cavewoman he saw before he was frozen during the ice age.

    Review: I Saw You… 2009

  • The model is also made up to look like a cavewoman and is supposed to be emerging from a primordial swamp, says Cass.

    Dresses Made from Wine | Impact Lab 2007

  • I mean, you could realistically put her in a Geico commercial and she would be "extremely hot cavewoman."

    Lena Headey cast as Cersei 2009

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