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
This did not, however, prevent the fair sex from conducting intrigues by stealth.
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo
The tattooing among the Ainu is limited to the fair sex, and it is confined to the head and arms.
From Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. by Landor, A. H. Savage
Of course he is a great favourite with the fair sex.
From The Everlasting Arms by Hocking, Joseph
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
