boss lady
Example Sentences
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“I walk around like a boss lady now,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026
In the city, the Queen was affectionately called si tau por, which means "boss lady" in Cantonese.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2022
A terrific summer movie about a not-so-terrific summer, with Christina Applegate, Josh Charles and a terrific Joanna Cassidy as the boss lady from heaven.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2020
Most invocations of lady boss and boss lady aren’t so blatantly positioned to gin up profit from women’s self-hatred.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2018
I asked for my job back at the cafe and the boss lady allowed me to return; again I served breakfast, washed dishes, carted trays of food up into the apartments.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
