mistress
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She studied the craft in college, performed on a USO tour in Vietnam and worked as a costume mistress.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026
"You chose to take your final flight in my arms on the evening of May 14, to join your mistress who loved you so much," she said.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
The ballet mistress Madame Giry, and others, usher the audience groups from room to room, as the narrative follows the spine of the original, although there is considerably less dialogue.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
At least Harold Macmillan understood, to use the parlance of his time, that history was a cruel mistress and was sure to leave him behind.
From Salon • Aug. 10, 2025
“You don’t think it would look too good for the mistress of Manderley to be seen driving with someone like me, is that it?” he said, and he laughed, shaking his head at me.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
Vocabulary lists containing mistress
"The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" (Excerpt 3)
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