"woman-child" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "woman child"
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          "ref": "1885, Mrs. Robert O'Reilly, “Joshua Long's Superstition”, in Kirke's Mill and Other Stories, Ballantyne Press, page 180",
          "text": "\"I'm sure, lass, we like very well to have you. If there's one thing I've missed all my days, and coveted, which for that matter it's a sin and a breaking of the commandment, though there ain't no mention of a daughter in the wording of it, as there be of a wife, — if there be one thing I've coveted, it be a woman-child of my own; a girl's a wonderful comfort when the boats be out, let alone a sister for the lads.\"",
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        "Alternative spelling of woman child"
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          "text": "\"I'm sure, lass, we like very well to have you. If there's one thing I've missed all my days, and coveted, which for that matter it's a sin and a breaking of the commandment, though there ain't no mention of a daughter in the wording of it, as there be of a wife, — if there be one thing I've coveted, it be a woman-child of my own; a girl's a wonderful comfort when the boats be out, let alone a sister for the lads.\"",
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