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Definition of Demimondes
1. demimonde [n] - See also: demimonde
Lexicographical Neighbors of Demimondes
Literary usage of Demimondes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. China's New Day: A Study of Events that Have Led to Its Coming by Isaac Taylor Headland (1912)
"After the demimondes had heard of the movement they wrote an appeal asking that
their names be sent—not in the same list,— they could not ask for that, ..."
2. Cheerio! by Harold Melvin Hays (1919)
"Not a light was visible in the town except the electric torches of the demimondes
who flash them in your face as they pass by to see if you are good enough ..."
3. Sex Searchlights and Sane Sex Ethics: An Anthology of Sex Knowledge by Lee Alexander Stone (1922)
"... may make a sexual appeal to men ; but there is no such innocence on the part
of the demimondes by whom many of the most dangerous styles are introduced. ..."
4. The New Immigration: A Study of the Life of Southeastern Europeans in America by Peter Roberts (1912)
"In one instance it reached clear across the continent, and finally deported
two ^demimondes of whom the detective said: " There was no trick they did not ..."
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