Ladies Aid

noun

1. a local organization of women who raise money for their church.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ladies Aid¹

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

Example Sentences

I belonged to the ladies aid and we took care of the wounded and refugees sent from New Ulm.

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But it was evident, too, that the girl had been roused to fury by what she had heard at the meeting of the Ladies Aid Society.

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Mother would die, and the Ladies Aid faint in a body, if we gave them sandwiches for dinner.

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Some women join the ladies aid and use the lemon extravagantly.

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Thus the Ladies Aid Association, with flushed cheeks and shrill voices.

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