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
On behalf of the earthly fair sex, I must emphatically protest against this part of the heavenly arrangements.
From Satires And Profanities by G. W. (George William) Foote
This did not, however, prevent the fair sex from conducting intrigues by stealth.
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Carlo Gozzi
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 Charles Paul de Kock
Bottiger, whose good graces were considered most important, received even the fair sex.
From The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong by Jo?zef Ignacy Kraszewski
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