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
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
The tattooing among the Ainu is limited to the fair sex, and it is confined to the head and arms.
From Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. by Landor, A. H. Savage
And Se�or Vicente did wisely; however much of a lion one may be, one must be gallant toward the fair sex.
From The Last Lion and Other Tales by Blasco Ib??ez, Vicente
From time to time, I glanced at that assemblage of the fair sex, every member of which, with one exception, was exceedingly ugly.
From Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 by Kock, Charles Paul de
