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Matronly women don brightly colored dresses and impeccably styled hair.
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Okay, now if the marquee read, "Overweight Matronly Stripper Idol" I'd be the first in line.
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Matronly as these coiffures are, they are age-appropriate and lend an aura of timeless stature where none might exist.
Sarah Jessica's Little Dress? You're Going to Be Wearing It 2001
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Matronly and family services -- No mythology at first -- Colleges of priests needed -- An incursion of Greek philosophers -- Games of childhood
The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic Arthur Gilman
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Matronly English dignity suffered on another occasion when a sergeant inquired of a middle-aged woman as to the number of men she could billet in her house.
The Amateur Army Patrick MacGill 1926
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Women are Buxom and just blossoming into the Full Charm of Matronly
More Fables George Ade 1905
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Matronly dignity was visible in every movement, and the charm of her manner lay, not in a youthful endeavor to be pleasing, but in the effort of age to please others, considering their wishes, and at the same time demanding consideration in return.
An Egyptian Princess — Complete Georg Ebers 1867
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Matronly dignity was visible in every movement, and the charm of her manner lay, not in a youthful endeavor to be pleasing, but in the effort of age to please others, considering their wishes, and at the same time demanding consideration in return.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 01 Georg Ebers 1867
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Matronly dignity was visible in every movement, and the charm of her manner lay, not in a youthful endeavor to be pleasing, but in the effort of age to please others, considering their wishes, and at the same time demanding consideration in return.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 01 Georg Ebers 1867
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Matronly dignity was visible in every movement, and the charm of her manner lay, not in a youthful endeavor to be pleasing, but in the effort of age to please others, considering their wishes, and at the same time demanding consideration in return.
Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867
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