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Meanings of great belle in English

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Usage of great belle in English
1
Miss Hubbard, the great belle, was there, you know, before she came out.
Elinor Wyllys; Or, The Young Folk of Longbridge: A Tale. Volume ...
2
Adeline is a great belle, mamma, as much so as any girl in town.
Elinor Wyllys; Or, The Young Folk of Longbridge: A Tale. Volume ...
3
I was a great belle in society, also.
Remarks
4
She was very beautiful and a great belle.
The Burial of the Guns
5
She is a great belle, nodding to me.
The Morgesons: A Novel
6
You know Alice is a great belle?
Gordon Keith
7
She is a great , great belle.
The Californians
8
But don't marry a fool because she his a pretty face, and don't seek after a great belle.
Washington Irving
9
Edmonia chose Lady Cholmondeley, whom I remember well in Rome as a great belle and a highly accomplished woman.
The Story of a Summer / Or, Journal Leaves from Chappaqua
10
She was a great belle, at Saratoga, a year or two since; you may, perhaps, have met her there?
Elinor Wyllys; Or, The Young Folk of Longbridge: A Tale. Volume ...
11
In her youth she had been a great belle, and she remained a beautiful woman even in her declining years.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, January, 1896
12
While she was hesitating she called one day on Celeste Reid-a beautiful girl who had been a great belle, but was now a confirmed invalid.
Winter Evening Tales
13
But she is a great belle and a coquette too, I should imagine, and she has a large enough following to turn any girl's head.
A Young Girl's Wooing
14
I was only twenty, and a much greater belle than I am now.
Desperate Remedies
15
For half an hour she was a greater belle than Sybil.
Democracy, an American novel
16
She was a beautiful girl, he said, and the greatest belle in the country round.
The Burial of the Guns
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