dominie
Example Sentences
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In 1966, she took over from Vanessa Redgrave as Muriel Spark's mind-bending dominie in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie at Wyndham's theatre.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 4, 2011
"The clothes you make for your marionettes are not bad," said the dominie.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its gist: A dispirited dominie is cheered on Christmas Eve by remembering that at the Last Supper, Christ offered the wine to Judas Iscariot.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mrs. Fitch, a shrill-voiced and bony-handed woman, taught her the words of hymns, while the dominie, who had been a drummer in the Civil War, instructed her in music.
From Time Magazine Archive
The minister smiled till her braid i' the kirk, The dominie winkit wi' mony a smirk, An' douce-lookin' elders, on Saturday's e'en, Could crack aboot naething but Tipperty's Jean.
From Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride by Buchan, Patrick
