sporting lady
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The sporting lady wears a stiletto, the marshal explains, and favors marriage.
From Time Magazine Archive
So you're good, and I'm bad; you're high-toned society, and I'm a poor sporting lady.
From A Man in the Open by Pocock, Roger
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