duenna
Example Sentences
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Georgian discipline . . . a sketch of Sheridan’s duenna, or chaperone The early life of 18th-century playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan sounds like the stuff of .
From The Guardian • Sep. 29, 2010
Tatum's duenna, friend and confidante on the set is Diane Lewis, 34, the wife of Hedgemon, a black boxer Ryan O'Neal promoted.
From Time Magazine Archive
The couple eluded their Soviet duenna, fleeing by taxi across the Swedish border, and sought refuge at the American embassy in Stockholm.
From Time Magazine Archive
Said one 128 president: "We don't let our chief scientist out of town without a duenna."
From Time Magazine Archive
A stout, elderly lady in a black dress, who was apparently the girl's duenna, sat farther back in the shadow.
From The Coast of Adventure by Bindloss, Harold
