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

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

Swift is one of pop music’s biggest boss ladies--and every boss lady needs an anthem.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2015

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