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

From time to time, I glanced at that assemblage of the fair sex, every member of which, with one exception, was exceedingly ugly.

From Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 by Kock, Charles Paul de

All gentlemen should be polite to the fair sex, but officers particularly.

From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Leslie, Eliza

I had not however sufficient experience then, of the lengths to which those nocturnal confidences, in which the fair sex indulge with each other, extend.

From The Honour of Savelli A Romance by Levett-Yeats, S. (Sidney)

Much of the civilization of Europe is due to the high position of the fair sex in the social scale.

From The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal by Bose, Shib Chunder