| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Bearded Women: | Literature | 1: The Duke of Saxony had the portrait taken of a poor Swiss woman, remarkable for her large bushy beard. 2: Bartel Graetj, of Stuttgard, born 1562. 3: Charles XII. had in his army a woman whose beard was a yard and a half long. She was taken prisoner at the battle of Pultowa, and presented to the Czar, 1724. 4: In 1726 a female dancer appeared at Venice, with a large bushy beard. 5: Julia Pastrana was exhibited in London in 1857; died, 1862, at Moscow; was embalmed by Professor Suckaloff; and the embalmed body was exhibited at 191, Piccadilly. She was found among the Digger Indians of Mexico. 6: Margaret of Holland had a long, stiff beard. 7: Mlle. Bois de Chêne, born at Geneva in 1834, was exhibited in London in 1852-3; she had a profuse head of hair, a strong black beard, large whiskers, and thick hair on her arms and back. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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