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- noun Plural form of
leddy .
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Examples
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Folks admired the plan amazingly, but as to the "leddies," they were dainty on the matter, and contented themselves with looking from under their arms.
Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey Washington Irving 1821
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"We have all our crosses, dear leddies — all our crosses," said the Rev.Mr. Meekin piously.
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Quite the — hem! — the ivy and the oak, dear leddies.
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"My dear leddies, I have only been in Hobart Town a week, and I have not heard the story."
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“The leddies from Gangoil, Giles, have been guid enough to ride over and see me,” said his mother.
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Here is a field, leddies — a field for the Christian pastor.
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Sir John; God bless also her dear Leddyship; bless the tender youth of the two young leddies likewise.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-29 Various
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Somehow or other, he had gotten a letter of introduction to one Bailie Beerie, a notable civic dignitary of the place; and accordingly, on presenting his credentials, was invited by that functionary to dinner, with a hint that he "might maybe see a wheen real leddies in the evening."
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 Various
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They speak o 'gilded palaces, o' lords and leddies fair,
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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"Captain dear, supper do be ready an 'the young leddies have come to camp, an' will ye ate thim foirst -- Oi mane mate thim foirst an 'ate supper afther, or phwativer?"
The Liberty Boys Running the Blockade or, Getting Out of New York Harry Moore
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