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Definition of Damsels
1. damsel [n] - See also: damsel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Damsels
Literary usage of Damsels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of India from the Earliest Ages by James Talboys Wheeler (1869)
"When the damsels came to the hermitage they trembled with fear lest the father of
... and when the damsels saw his surprise they sung a soft slow air, ..."
2. The Arthurian Tales: The Greatest of Romances which Recount the Noble and by Sir Thomas Malory, Ernest Rhys (1906)
"THE BOOK OF MORGAN LE FAY, AND THE THREE damsels. I. THEN after the quests of
Sir Gawaine, of Sir Tor, and of King Pellinore, Merlin fell in a dotage on the ..."
3. A Collection of Farces and Other Afterpieces: Which are Acted at the by Inchbald (1809)
"On these features; Pretty damsels, Ugly damsels, Black hair'd damsels, Red hair'd
damsels, Six feet damsels, Three feet damsels, Pale-faced damsels, ..."
4. The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1895)
"... Of the delectable conversation which passed between the Duchess, her damsels
... and all the damsels and duennas of the Duchess thronged round him, ..."
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