Englishwomen
[ɪŋɡlɪʃwɪmɪn]
Definition
(pl. ) of Englishwoman
Checker: Walter
Examples
- You unguarded Englishwomen walk calmly amidst red-hot ploughshares and escape burning. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- But don't Englishwomen dress just like everybody else in the evening? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- In the present instance, however, more embarrassment was shown than is usual even with diffident Englishwomen. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Englishwomen are either the best or the worst of their sex. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Your foreign forms of politeness are not understood by Englishwomen. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Meanwhile, she was the gayest and most admired of Englishwomen: and had a little European congress on her reception-night. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Checker: Walter