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Quaker-ladies

American  
[kwey-ker-ley-deez] / ˈkweɪ kərˌleɪ diz /

noun

(used with a plural verb)

  1. bluet.

Etymology

Origin of Quaker-ladies

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

Example Sentences

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Her sisters bring the gifts—Spring, wind-flowers, Solomon's-Seal, Dutchman's-breeches, Quaker-ladies, and trailing arbutus, that smells as divinely as the true May.

From Letters of Travel (1892-1913) by Kipling, Rudyard

Picture dog-tooth violets, spring beauties, bellwort, Quaker-ladies, and great tufts of violets, shading from white to deepest blue, in such a setting!

From The Garden, You, and I by Wright, Mabel Osgood

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