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ladies

/ˈleɪ.diz/ noun A2
  1. An initial hand consisting of a pair of queens. (slang)
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Rachel Lynde lived just where the Avonlea main road dipped down into a little hollow, fringed with alders and ladies’ eardrops and traversed by a brook that had its source away back in the woods of the old Cuthbert place; it was reputed to be an intricate, headlong brook in its earlier course through those woods, with dark secrets of pool and cascade; but by the time it reached Lynde’s Hollow it was a quiet, well-conducted little stream, for not even a brook could run past Mrs.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 1 · C1
I asked her to go into the ladies’ waiting room, but she informed me gravely that she preferred to stay outside.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 12 · C1
Matthew was not used to deciding on the tints of ladies’ tresses, but in this case there couldn’t be much doubt.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 22 · C1
Let me introduce you two ladies.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 57 · C1

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