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dame noun- a woman UK, 1720
While the term originally reflected on the woman involved (an implication of common status), it now reflects more on the speaker, suggesting a tough or old-fashioned viewpoint. - Prosperous now, he drifted into Broadway life–and immediately tangled with a new breed of dames. — Bernard Wolfe, The Late Risers, p. 48, 1954
- in a deck of playing cards, a queen US
- — Peter O. Steiner, Thursday Night Poker, p. 409, 1996
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