Quaker-ladies

Quaker-ladies [kwey-ker-ley-deez] ExamplesWord Origin noun (used with a plural verb)

1. bluet(def 1).

Origin of Quaker-ladies An Americanism dating back to 1870–75 Examples from the Web for quaker-ladies Historical Examples of quaker-ladies

No; it was quaker-ladies, and they were blue as Sallys eyes.

Peggy Owen at Yorktown

Lucy Foster Madison