person of the house
Example Sentences
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The person of the house gave a weird little laugh here, and gave them another look out of the corners of her eyes.
From Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles
And so the poor little "person of the house" was left alone but for the faithful affection of the kind Jew, and her friend Lizzie.
From Charles Dickens' Children Stories by Dickens, Charles
The person of the house, dolls' dressmaker, and manufacturer of ornamental pincushions and penwipers, sat in her quaint little low arm-chair, singing in the dark, until Lizzie came back.
From Ten Girls from Dickens by Sweetser, Kate Dickinson
To which the person of the house, stretching out her arm in an attitude of command, replied with irresponsive asperity: 'Go along with you!
From Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles
"Ah," cried the person of the house, with a little scream as if the word had pricked her.
From Ten Girls from Dickens by Sweetser, Kate Dickinson
