Ladies Aid

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Ladies Aid

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

Example Sentences

Because I’d forgotten to go to three volunteer sessions in a row at my mother’s club, too busy with friends and frolicking, and was summarily told that the Ladies’ Aid Society didn’t need my aid: My job should be to smile at fundraisers, not try to plan them.

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Before I went to a Ladies’ Aid luncheon and ran into the mother or aunt or friend of one of those boys.

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“What would the Ladies’ Aid Society think?”

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“I haven’t any idea,” answered Mrs. Popper, “but I’m going to bed. I don’t want to be late for the Ladies’ Aid and Missionary Society meeting tomorrow.”

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“The paper on now is plenty good enough. I am going to the first meeting of the Ladies’ Aid and Missionary Society today and I don’t want any mess around to clean up when I get home.”

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