fair sex
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The book American and Other Drinks touts the ladies’ blush as a "favourite drink among the fair sex," neglecting to cite its popularity with aspiring hyperglycemics.
From Slate • Jan. 21, 2013
One Simon Geddicus, a Lutheran divine, wrote a serious confutation of this libel upon the fair sex, in 1595, and promises the ladies an expectation of salvation on their good behaviour.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
She had the same desire as the majority of wealthy American girls: a great title of nobility in order to make her friends among the fair sex jealous and to shine in European circles.
From The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) by Blasco Ib??ez, Vicente
My turn for study, literary talent, grave demeanour, and seriousness of character made far less impression on the fair sex than my successes on the stage and the pallone-ground.
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo
"Twelve boys, and now the fair sex has begun," answered Ketling.
From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
