See dentistess on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1879 February 5, “Utilizing Natural Force”, in The Cincinnati Daily Star, volume 15, number 31, Cincinnati, Oh., column 2:",
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"ref": "1883 January 29, “Personal Points”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, volume XXXI, number 195, St. Louis, Mo., page 4, column 3:",
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"ref": "1886 May 27, “Town and County”, in The Dispatch, fifteenth year, number 12, Clay Center, Kan., page 5, column 3:",
"text": "Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Olney are still rejoicing over the late arrival at their home of a little dentist or dentistess.",
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"ref": "1888 June 9, “How She Won Him”, in Nemaha County Republican, volume XII, number 37, Sabetha, Kan., column 4:",
"text": "When she had finished her studies she put up a sign which read: “Miss Fanny Pullem, Dentistess.” “As a dentistess she thought that there would not be much difficulty in pulling through.",
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"ref": "1906, Dennis H. Stovall, “On and off the Water Wagon”, in The Gold Bug Story Book: Mining Camp Tales by a Western Writer, Denver, Colo.: Reinert Publishing Company, page 37:",
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"ref": "1908 March 23, T. E. Powers, “When Women Get Their Rights”, in San Francisco Examiner, volume LXXXVIII, number 83, San Francisco, Calif., page 14:",
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"ref": "1925 March 26, “Purely Personal”, in The Brookville American, Brookville, Pa., page seven, column 4:",
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