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  • Once, walking with Lizzie toward night school, she caught a glance directed toward him by a well-gowned, handsome woman of the bourgeoisie.

    Chapter 45 2010

  • Clean, well-gowned, and if they had any looks at all before, they become pretty.

    The Gates Of Sleep Lackey, Mercedes 2002

  • It is as simple as the problem of the well-gowned woman and the dowdy one.

    The House in Good Taste Elsie de Wolfe

  • But now she was cool and well-gowned and self-contained as ever.

    The Yellow Streak Valentine Williams 1914

  • He murmured "Gladly," and then lost himself in wonder at this well-gowned girl living amid such surroundings.

    The Silver Horde Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913

  • Once, walking with Lizzie toward night school, she caught a glance directed toward him by a well-gowned, handsome woman of the bourgeoisie.

    Chapter 45 1908

  • We were there four or five days, and the life of ease and luxury, with opportunity for reading and social intercourse with well-gowned people, was so enjoyable that, had it not been for the fact that Gordon was in danger in Khartoum, and I wanted to have a hand in his relief, I should have enjoyed staying there a month.

    From the Bottom Up Irvine, Alexander, 1863-1941 1910

  • A well-gowned woman stopped at the information desk and left a great armful of gorgeous roses wrapped in white tissue paper.

    The Ridin' Kid from Powder River Henry Herbert Knibbs 1909

  • A well-groomed woman is not only a well-gowned woman, but one who, like a favorite mare, is always spick and span in her person, and happy in her quiet consciousness of it.

    Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife Marion Mills Miller 1906

  • He gazed back at this unusual vision of a beautiful, well-gowned woman in the heart of the forests.

    The Man in the Twilight Ridgwell Cullum 1905

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