spindle side
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of spindle side
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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It is a piteous thing when our little imperial fiefs go to the spindle side!’
From The Caged Lion by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
Stevenson came from the Balfours of Pilrig, and was of gentle blood, on the spindle side.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew
My mother's clan--and it is from the spindle side that a man gets his traits--are all come-outers as far back as I know anything about them.
From The Power and the Glory by Keller, Arthur Ignatius
Mme. de Beauseant is descended from the House of Burgundy, on the spindle side, 'tis true, but the name atones for everything.
From The Deserted Woman by Marriage, Ellen
The mother has no authority in such matters nor indeed has anyone on the "spindle" side.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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