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Definition of Dames
1. dame [n] - See also: dame
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dames
Literary usage of Dames
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1911)
"4 LAUREL HILL AND SOME COLONIAL dames WHO ONCE LIVED THERE. ... A paper read May
1, 1901, before the Society of The Colonial dames of America, Chapter II, ..."
2. The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and (1919)
"... on July 20, the Germans in great force made what was declared to be almost
their fortieth attempt to obtain possession of the famous Chemin-des-dames. ..."
3. The First World War, 1914-1918: Personal Experiences of Lieut.-Col. C. à by Charles à Court Repington (1920)
"In the course of the day we had to infer that much of the Chemin des dames is
lost to us. Barnes in a speech wondered why the Germans knew so ..."
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