dowager
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The audience—mostly dowagers in velvets and silks—was muted.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2015
All over Turkey, bejewelled dowagers, hipsters and factory workers say they may vote HDP either because they “like Demirtas” or because “it’s the only way to stop Erdogan.”
From Economist • Jun. 4, 2015
Either way, it would be hard to choose parts further away from lords, ladies and dowagers.
From The Guardian • Aug. 30, 2014
With his white loafers, cropped white pants and immaculate shirt, François looks like he should be hustling dowagers on the Côte d’Azur.
From New York Times • Jan. 8, 2010
It appears Dupont was making money before the war by faceting spinels into false diamonds for dowagers and baronesses.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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