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
As a duenna of young lovers, Actress Merle Oberon, 47, has been a smashing success.
From Time Magazine Archive
The duenna of the Lost Generation, according to Miss Porter, was a stupid, vulgar self-promoter.
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
The duenna would not have her mistress disturbed.
From The Azure Rose A Novel by Reginald Wright Kauffman
