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Quaker-ladies

[ kwey-ker-ley-deez ]

/ ˈkweɪ kərˌleɪ diz /

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noun (used with a plural verb)

bluet (def. 1).

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Origin of Quaker-ladies

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

Words nearby Quaker-ladies

quakeproof, Quaker, Quakeress, Quaker gun, Quakerism, Quaker-ladies, Quakerly, Quaker meeting, quaking, quaking bog, quaking grass

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How to use Quaker-ladies in a sentence

One was a Quaker school, whose name he can no longer recall, in upstate New York.
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How long did you see Hello Ladies going prior to HBO pulling the plug?
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And where did the idea of the Hello Ladies movie come about?
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There were at least a dozen ladies seated round the big table at the Parsonage.
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There were three young men and four young ladies, of whom three, including myself, were Americans.
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Devoutly and ardently did Mr. Snodgrass wish that the ladies could know he had come in.
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In his cracked old voice, he still paid his Grandisonian compliments to the two ladies.
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Orlean had secured a position in a ladies' tailoring establishment at five dollars and fifty cents a week, and there he went.
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