lady of the house

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The lady of the house gifted him a September 1968 edition of Life magazine from her collection, and there, on the front cover, was a bespectacled Arthur Ashe at the net.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2025

“I think there’s one line where she’s like, ‘I don’t want to be the lady of the house.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2022

He said Maxwell was Epstein's "girlfriend" and "the lady of the house" who was there "95% of the times" when Epstein was at his Palm Beach residence.

From Fox News • Dec. 2, 2021

Puberty would deepen my voice soon enough, I prayed — and it finally did, I realized, when calling customer service representatives stopped referring to me as "ma'am" or, most alarming, "the lady of the house."

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2021

“Munching cabbages in someone’s backyard, apparently. The lady of the house is not amused. West side of the lot. Get her out of there before the cops come.”

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen