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Quaker-ladies

[ kwey-ker-ley-deez ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Quaker-ladies1

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
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Example Sentences

The 65th occupied a fairy dell where Quaker ladies, blue as the heavens, bloomed by every stone.

Quaker-maid: Quaker ladies; small blue flowers growing low on the ground.

Do not gentlemen almost universally give the preference to the taste of Quaker ladies?

In the adjoining house dwelt two Quaker ladies named Deavor, an aunt and niece, the latter a year or two older than Dolly.

No; it was quaker-ladies, and they were blue as Sallys eyes.

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