Quaker-ladies

[ kwey-ker-ley-deez ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. bluet ( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of Quaker-ladies¹

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

Example Sentences

The 65th occupied a fairy dell where Quaker ladies, blue as the heavens, bloomed by every stone.

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Quaker-maid: Quaker ladies; small blue flowers growing low on the ground.

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Do not gentlemen almost universally give the preference to the taste of Quaker ladies?

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In the adjoining house dwelt two Quaker ladies named Deavor, an aunt and niece, the latter a year or two older than Dolly.

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No; it was quaker-ladies, and they were blue as Sallys eyes.

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