country-women

Indeed we would, for certain causes, advise those of our male readers who have any hearts, to read no farther, were we not well assured, that how amiable soever the picture of our heroine will appear, as it is really a copy from nature, many of our fair country-women will be found worthy to satisfy any passion, and to answer any idea of female perfection which our pencil will be able to raise.

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling 2004

In a corner stood several country-women with their aprons over their faces.

The Honor of the Name �mile Gaboriau 2003

All this time those who came in contact with the “Miss Browns” (another pseudonym, also beginning with B), seem only to have regarded them as shy and reserved little country-women, with not much to say.

The Life of Charlotte Bronte 2002

They tell a story down in Pembrokeshire of how the Welsh country-women once defeated an invading army.

Legend Land, Vol. 1 Being a collection of some of the Old Tales told in those Western Parts of Britain served by The Great Western Railway. George Basil Barham

Fanning, full of sympathy for his unprotected country-women, insisted, and the battalion moved out.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 Various

"And for the matter of that your country-women, too," said Mr. Mafferton.

A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') Sara Jeannette Duncan

I don't know why; he was one of the most attractive on view, but I have often noticed Turkish tendencies in Dicky where his country-women are concerned.

A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') Sara Jeannette Duncan

Sally Strother went abroad, where she married Baron Fahnenberg of Belgium, and shared a fate similar to that of many of her country-women, as she was finally separated from her husband.

As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century Marian Gouverneur

Most of the old country-women are veritable hags, and their appearance is not improved by the broad-brimmed stove-pipe hats which they wear.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 Various

Clotilde had acquired those accomplished tastes, and that characteristic dignity and force of mind, which distinguished her from the frivolity of her country-women, however elegant and attractive, who had been trained in the _salons_ of the court.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 Various