person of the house
Example Sentences
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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
Turn all your pockets inside out, and leave 'em so!' cried the person of the house.
From Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles
The person of the house gave a weird little laugh, and gave them another look but of the corners of her eyes.
From Ten Girls from Dickens by Sweetser, Kate Dickinson
To Lucretia he owed his cardinalate, and he was a most devoted retainer; "an elderly man, a worthy person of the house of Borgia," so Pozzi wrote to Ferrara.
From Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day by Gregorovius, Ferdinand
This in a lower voice, but only as if it were a graver matter; not at all to the exclusion of the person of the house.
From Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles
