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
One Simon Geddicus, a Lutheran divine, wrote a serious confutation of this libel upon the fair sex, in 1595, and promises the ladies an expectation of salvation on their good behaviour.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
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
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.
He was gallant to the fair sex, and especially to Miss Pontifex and Miss Spriggs, one dark and one fair, and both in the dew of their cultured youth.
From Notwithstanding by Cholmondeley, Mary
