mistress of the household
Example Sentences
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She played inscrutable head games with the mistress of the household, my boyfriend’s mother, whom she had known since childhood.
From Slate • Aug. 28, 2015
Blanche Yurka as the mistress of the household, becomes, at times, a tragic figure, notably at the end of Act II when she prays to the Virgin for strength to keep her Spanish down.
From Time Magazine Archive
I was treated with the utmost respect, as if I were mistress of the household, but I was a prisoner.
From The Gay Adventure A Romance by Bird, Richard
“Who sent you?” pursued Hagena, who was the Countess’s mistress of the household, and next in authority to her.
From One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)
A third old lady came sailing up; she seemed as though she were related to the two dowagers, but was actually Countess von Altenburg, who used to be mistress of the household to Princess Elsa.
From Majesty A Novel by Couperus, Louis
