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
He even liked the aunts and the devoted old mistress of the household.
From Majesty A Novel by Couperus, Louis
Every autumn, the mistress of the household was accustomed to lay in a store of articles sufficient to serve for the entire winter.
From The Life of Thomas Telford; civil engineer with an introductory history of roads and travelling in Great Britain by Smiles, Samuel
“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)
