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Examples
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Yes, a gentlewomen's war -- for the salvation of society!
Kincaid's Battery George Washington Cable 1884
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Yet in this gentlewomen's war every gentlewoman's wish was a military command, and when at length one man did hear, to hear was to vanish in the turmoil on their errand.
Kincaid's Battery George Washington Cable 1884
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Wherein I perceive consisteth that country gentlewomen's joys.
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 William Carew Hazlitt 1873
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"That is the young gentlewomen's chamber, Madam," objected Betty.
The Maidens' Lodge None of Self and All of Thee, (In the Reign of Queen Anne) Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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The nurse, Fedosya, a good-natured and fine-looking, if somewhat stupid woman, smiled as she looked at her mistress with her characteristic expression, which seemed to say that it was not for her to object to gentlewomen's caprices.
Best Russian Short Stories Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin 1818
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Pamphlets are as modish ornaments to gentlewomen's toilets as to gentlemen's pockets; they carry reputation of wit and learning to all that make them their companions; the poor find their account in stall-keeping and in hawking them; the rich find in them their shortest way to the secrets of church and state.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) Isaac Disraeli 1807
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Founded 125 years ago by the Budworth family as a gentlewomen's weekly, The Lady sold
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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They are not invited to a gentlewomen's rematch; they are often marginalized instead.
The Moderate Voice 2009
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