boss lady

Example Sentences

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“I walk around like a boss lady now,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

"I feel like I'm a boss lady," the singer tells the BBC.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2024

At its emptiest, boss lady simply refers to a woman who does whatever she feels like doing.

From Slate • Aug. 31, 2018

"The conversation then moved to, 'OK, you have the chosen friends, but can you be a boss lady and hold on to your relationships?'"

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2018

I asked for my job back at the cafe and the boss lady allowed me to return; again I served breakfast, washed dishes, carted trays of food up into the apartments.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright