unbonneted
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of unbonneted
Example Sentences
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She never posed as a "literary person"—reading her productions at four-o'clocks, and winning high praise from the unbonneted and the discerning society editor.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women by Hubbard, Elbert
"If he prays we're done for," cried young Charles Yuill. but even in that hour many of the people were unbonneted.
From The Little Minister by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
So I unbonneted and went to meet her.
From A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)
If she was "superbly gowned," we do not know it; if she was ever one of the "unbonneted," history is silent.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators by Hubbard, Elbert
She was now unbonneted, and her rich golden tresses were arranged à la Chinoise—a Creole fashion as well.
From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Reid, Mayne
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