person of the house
Example Sentences
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Turn all your pockets inside out, and leave 'em so!' cried the person of the house.
From Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles
As often as the person of the house worked her way round to it—even as soon as he saw that it was coming—he collapsed in an extra degree.
From Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles
Don't she, don't she?' cried the person of the house, resuming her occupation, though the twilight was falling fast.
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
She seems the only person of the house who keeps her head.
From The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family by Thackeray, William Makepeace
