Women are more graceful than men because they have no pockets to put their hands in and acquire a slouchy gait while young.
Mountain Echo newspaper, Marion County, Arkansas, 1886
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Mrs. J.C. Anderson, a giddy young thing, and the mother of 16 children, has run away with a big-trousered dude 25 years of age. OH1889News and Notes
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