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Definition of Ladyloves
1. ladylove [n] - See also: ladylove
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ladyloves
Literary usage of Ladyloves
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"Raines and Bevil, "men of wit and pleasure" in that play, and their ladyloves
Lucia and Carolina, suggest the corresponding ..."
2. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1901)
"... at once ideal and true : the cavaliers of Verona and their ladyloves are
graceful personages, with no transgression of the probabilities of nature ..."
3. A Short History of England by Edward Potts Cheyney (1919)
"... much gorgeous ceremonial, some good romantic literature, and much show, at
least, of devotion of men to their wives, ladyloves, or mistresses. ..."
4. Myths of Greece and Rome, Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by Hélène Adeline Guerber (1893)
"... Helen, Clytaemnestra, Briseis, various impersonations of the dawn, and forsake,
or are forsaken by, their ladyloves, whom they meet again at the end of ..."
5. ... The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1892)
"I wondered if the youthful swains quoted Shakespeare to their ladyloves. Could they
help recalling Romeo and Juliet? It is quite impossible to think of any ..."
6. The Life of Ludwig Van Beethoven by Alexander Wheelock Thayer (1921)
"... significant that by far the most notable champions who fought for their
respective ladyloves are those who entered the lists for the Countess Therese. ..."
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