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
Of course he is a great favourite with the fair sex.
From The Everlasting Arms by Hocking, Joseph
The inhabitants were still trembling from apprehension; and upon the slightest motion of the floor, the colour fled from the lips of many of the fair sex, and left them of a pallid white.
From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous
More than once he saw Lucie Ledanois called out, among others of the fair sex, as a dancing partner for some member of the Krewe.
From The Mardi Gras Mystery by Bedford-Jones, H. (Henry)
I was once a witness of his haughty treatment of a Leipsic pupil of the fair sex, who came to him one day and asked him 'to give her a few lessons.'
From Franz Liszt by Huneker, James
