duenna

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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

Startled first-nighters saw the heroine clad as half nun and half Easter lily, her duenna completely faceless, another nun headless and one tavern character with two heads.

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

The duenna of the Lost Generation, according to Miss Porter, was a stupid, vulgar self-promoter.

From Time Magazine Archive

Miss Arnold and I were persuaded that our duenna would attempt to import this 'pernicious superstition' into her new residence, and we resolved upon a vigorous resistance of her authority.

From Discipline by Brunton, Mary