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
Little Artaban never enters a salon without making a handspring, and his papa is confident that that fashion will soon be adopted by the fair sex.
From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Kock, Charles Paul de
Much of the civilization of Europe is due to the high position of the fair sex in the social scale.
From The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal by Bose, Shib Chunder
He was still gallant toward the fair sex, and he was in great demand in the salons, for it was difficult to find a more charming man.
From The Jew by Kraszewski, Jo?zef Ignacy
Monsieur des Ageaux was a man of whom his best friends could not say that he shone, or tried to shine, in the pursuit of the fair sex.
From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Weyman, Stanley J.
