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But boo also to the Lady Bountifuls who want to rectify things.

From The Guardian • Nov. 23, 2012

They came not in the spirit of Lady Bountifuls condescending to a hireling, but because they wanted to chat with an old time friend.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration

My green churchyards and Lady Bountifuls and all the praise of simplicity and parade of folly that took me because of a pretty face and arts from the gutter.

From The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty by Beck, L. Adams (Lily Adams)

"In case you don't like your work," she Lady Bountifuls me, "I can get you a stylish place as maid with some society people just out of Chicago—friends of mine, an elegant family."

From The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls by Vorst, Marie Van

The work of the quartette of Lady Bountifuls by no means ended with the Goronofskys.

From The Corner House Girls at School by Owen, R. Emmett (Robert Emmett)