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Examples
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And now I end with compliments and curtseys to your la'ship, and the glad tidings that one of the virgin choir of Twickenham, those Muses to which
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Well, was you at the presentation, Lady Desmond, for I did not see your la'ship.
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Let me present to your la'ship Sir Edward Walpole, brother to the Baron of Strawberry
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The bell was rung after her la'ship was gone, which I answered it myself, supposing it were the coffee.
The Wrecker 1898
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"_Where_ did your la'ship say?" asked Briggs dubiously.
Thelma Marie Corelli 1889
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"His lordship's compliments, and will her la'ship lunch in the dining-room to-day?"
Thelma Marie Corelli 1889
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Society will be so distressed when it hears that your la'ship is unwell!
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Rosie, on her side, finding that her rage was wasted, sat down to recover herself, and then began to jeer at her victim, criticising her appearance, and asking her for the cast-off garments -- "for which your la'ship will have no further use."
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'Eh, gud, your la'ship, the young miss will be almost as great a beauty as your la'ship's self!'
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'Oh! my lady,' said Pauncefort, 'I am so glad your la'ship is going to lie down a bit.'
Venetia Benjamin Disraeli 1842
minerva commented on the word la'ship
Contraction for ladyship.
December 17, 2007