pythoness

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Against this doom Genevi�ve Tabouis, ex-political pythoness of Paris' Leftist L'Oeuvre, for seven years waged a one-woman struggle, of which these memoirs are a record.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Well, then," said Dorothy resignedly, drawing the golden head of the pythoness down until the small, pink ear was level with her lips, "if you must know, let me whisper."

From The President A novel by Lewis, Alfred Henry

Only a mind in a quasi-delirious state, to be likened to that of the pythoness on the tripod, could have evolved the Rime of Redemption 345 or Thorgerda 346.

From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Wright, Thomas

Or the convulsion of the pythoness on the tripod?

From Getting Married by Shaw, Bernard

Liszt's attitude at the piano, like that of a pythoness, has been remarked again and again.

From Franz Liszt by Huneker, James