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
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 of the Lost Generation, according to Miss Porter, was a stupid, vulgar self-promoter.
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
She slept well, and, wakening rather late the next morning, found that Doña Luisa and her duenna had left an hour before.
From The Coast of Adventure by Harold Bindloss
