bluestocking

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By the way, the origin of this term bluestocking has never been satisfactorily accounted for, unless the reader should incline to think my account satisfactory.

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  • He would keep in mind that Miss Hathaway was a bluestocking, perhaps even as extreme in her views as Chloe had been. —  Karen Harbaugh - [Cupid -1] - Cupid's Mistake
  • Further, it was clear she was a bluestocking, and worse, a believer in that Wollstonecraft woman's ideas. —  Karen Harbaugh - [Cupid -1] - Cupid's Mistake
  • "I cannot see what anyone might see in Miss Hathaway— she is a bluestocking, you know!" —  Karen Harbaugh - [Cupid -1] - Cupid's Mistake
  • A friend from Oxford Another bluestocking, eh, Miss Russell? —  A Monstrous Regiment of Women - Laurie R. King - Russell-Holmes 02
  • “Veronica has great hopes for her free lending library.” The bluestocking will be good for a couple of pounds, she was thinking, and with a rush of mischief, I decided to surprise her come Monday. —  A Monstrous Regiment of Women - Laurie R. King - Russell-Holmes 02
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  1. After the Blue Stocking Society, a nickname for a predominantly female literary club of 18th-century London.
 

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