baɪ ðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti z, ðə tˈɜːm wʌz lˈaɪkənd tə slˈoʊn ɹˈeɪndʒɚz, ɐ tˈɜːm lˈeɪɾɚɹ ɐplˈaɪd tə wˈɪmɪn sˈʌtʃ ɐz lˈeɪdi daɪˈænə spˈɛnsɚ bᵻfˌoːɹ ʃiː mˈæɹid pɹˈɪns tʃˈɑːɹlz.
By the 1960s, the term was likened to Sloane Rangers, a term later applied to women such as Lady Diana Spencer before she married Prince Charles.