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fair sex
fair sex
fair sex
Girls or women, as in
Many women would object to being called the fair sex nowadays
. This euphemism uses
fair
in the sense of "physically beautiful" and is probably dying out. [Mid-1600s]
See also:
fair
,
sex
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ŽEljko
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Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
CristiÁN
kree-STYAHN
Spanish
Raiden
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Far Eastern Mythology
Gunhilda
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Scandinavian (Rare)
Trees
TRAY:S
(Dutch)
Dutch, Limburgish
Yesha'yahu
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