In the 19th and early 20th centuries in America, what two-word term was used to describe two women living together without financial support from a man -- often, but not always, a lesbian partnership?

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1. In the 19th and early 20th centuries in America, what two-word term was used to describe two women living together without financial support from a man -- often, but not always, a lesbian partnership?