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

The fiction portion seemed to have met with the most favor from the fair sex; Don Rosendo told them the next number would be much more interesting, and then he withdrew.

From The Fourth Estate, vol.1 by Palacio Vald?s, Armando

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

The oldest and most distinguished was Roger de Beauvoir, whose curly black hair, wonderful waistcoats, and pearl-grey pantaloons made him the delight of the fair sex, and the envy of his fellow-boulevardiers.

From Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties by d'Auvergne, Edmund B.

By which assertion, whatever the world may think, he certainly pays a great compliment to the fair sex.

From The Sylph, Volume I and II by Cavendish, Georgiana