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fair sex

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[fair sex] {n. }, {informal} Women in general; the female sex.

* /"Better not use four-letter words in front of a member of the fair sex," Joe said./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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