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16th century
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(c. 1791)
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as quoted in Aspirations and Mentoring in an Academic Environment by Mary Niles Maack and Joanne Passet (1994)
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No—is a term very frequently employed by the fair, when they mean everything else but a negative. Their yes is always yes; but their no is not always no.
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Anonymous, U.S. women's magazine contributor. M, Weekly Visitor or Ladies Miscellany, p. 203 (April 1803).
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