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steel magnolias

steel magnolias is the plural of steel magnolia.

Meaning of steel magnolia

Noun

steel magnolia (plural steel magnolias)

  1. (Southern US) A woman, unashamed, who exemplifies both traditional femininity and an uncommon fortitude.
    • Reporters called Nancy Reagan an iron butterfly and Rosalind^([sic]) Carter a steel magnolia.1983, Roland Bartel, Metaphors and symbols: Forays into Language, National Council of Teachers of English, →ISBN, page 48

Questions about steel magnolias

What is steel magnolias the plural of?
Steel magnolias is the plural of steel magnolia.

Words near steel magnolias in the dictionary

  1. steel guitarists
  2. steel guitars
  3. steel horse
  4. steel horses
  5. steel magnolia
  6. steel magnolias
  7. steel mill
  8. steel mills
  9. steel pan
  10. steel pan orchestra
  11. steel pan orchestras

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