Ladies Aid
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Ladies Aid
An Americanism dating back to 1865–70
Example Sentences
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Of particular note is a large one of Jesus that was donated by the Ladies Aid Society, the precursor to the United Methodist Women’s, Hector said.
From Washington Times • Apr. 22, 2017
Innumerable families visited relatives in Oklahoma City, Kalispell, Mont. or St. Joseph, Mo. Ladies Aid societies, Jolly Hour Clubs, bridge and church groups met and "partook of bounteous refreshments."
From Time Magazine Archive
"Do you want to join the Baptists' Ladies Aid?"
From Time Magazine Archive
"I have a horror of Ladies Aid," says Niebuhr.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I—er—I never sang for those folks, Tom—I sang it at the Ladies Aid of the Golden Hope Society, and at the Quarterly Gathering of the Poladic Society."
From The Rover Boys in Alaska or Lost in the Fields of Ice by Richards, Dick
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