lady of the house
Example Sentences
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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
The jug was a wedding present from the lady of the house.
From New York Times • May 6, 2023
“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
The lady of the house opens the door a crack and shrieks, “Get that thing out of here! Get it out of here!”
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
