Lady Bountiful
noun
a wealthy lady in George Farquhar's The Beaux' Stratagem, noted for her kindness and generosity.
Ladies Bountiful
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pluralof Lady Bountiful.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"I hope you are not as indiscriminate in your charities as most Ladies Bountiful."
From Cecilia de Noël by Lanoe Falconer
Cakes in variety, two sorts of pie, with ice cream or sherbet, or fresh fruit, did not seem too much to those dear Ladies Bountiful.
From Dishes & Beverages of the Old South by Martha McCulloch-Williams
Mrs. Mary Hemenway, that princess among Ladies Bountiful, told me once the story of his change.
From The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe by James Kendall Hosmer
Not all the trying of Zora and all the Ladies Bountiful of Christendom could give her her heart's desire.
From Septimus by William John Locke
Would to heaven the "Ladies Bountiful" would take to the quarter-sessions and the assizes, in lieu of the infirmaries and dispensaries, and make Blackstone their aid-de-camp—vice Buchan retired.
From Nuts and Nutcrackers by Charles James Lever
