Meanings
nounthe fairer sex (uncountable)
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of fair sex.
"In these enlightened times, one wonders why the fairer sex was banned from operating the apparatus?"
2021 November 17, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 944, page 71
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