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Definition of Doyennes
1. doyenne [n] - See also: doyenne
Lexicographical Neighbors of Doyennes
Literary usage of Doyennes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by American Pomological Society (1854)
"... not be a more careful regard to the various families; for instance, in the
pear, whether the doyennes should not be grafted or budded on the doyennes, ..."
2. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1836)
"... crops of fruit in the State of New York, even in situations much farther north
than Boston. We never saw finer, nor tasted more delicious doyennes or ..."
3. The Horticultural review and botanical magazine (1854)
"... for instance, in the pear, whether the doyennes should not be grafted or budded
on the doyennes, the Bergamote on the Beiga- mots, and the like. ..."
4. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"... A Handbook of Jazz, 1957 splendid new texts from two doyennes of Manhattan's
Chinese cooking academe —Ellen Stern, New York, 9 June 1975 It is also used ..."
5. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1871)
"Of pears, I never saw a more beautiful crop, nor finer fruit, and so early that
our Bartletts are nearly gone the sixth of September, and our White doyennes ..."
6. A Diplomatist's Wife in Many Lands by Hugh Fraser (1910)
"The " doyennes " of the dovecote exercised the most vigilant supervision over
the proprieties and no tete-a-tetes were permitted. ..."
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