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
By the side of Marie Louise stood the grand mistress of the household and twelve ladies-in-waiting.
From The Happy Days of the Empress Marie Louise by Imbert de Saint-Amand, Arthur Léon, baron
The realisation came suddenly at last, with a passing word from Dame Audrey, the mistress of the household at Cardiff.
From The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time by Holt, Emily Sarah
Dr. Llewellyn will be here tomorrow for the weekend, and as I am to be mistress of the household it is more seemly that I preside at the head of the table.
From Peggy Stewart at School by Jackson, Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie)
