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lady of the manor

noun as in Medieval housewife

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You have some pretty amusing bits in "Lady of the Manor," from some brash, funny lines that talk down to people, to your comic reactions when Tanner is cockblocked.

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"Lady of the Manor" is currently in select theaters and available on demand and digital.

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Lady of the Manor Melanie Lynskey and Judy Greer star in this supernatural buddy comedy.

One of Powell’s most striking decisions is to pay so much attention to Venetia Richmond, who in a different writer’s hands might have become a distant, one-note lady of the manor.

The closest match might be to an 18th-century Gothic romance: the alluring lady of the manor, the hard-driving bull of a mill owner, the conscience-stricken young priest, the final drama played out in the drenching rain and stormlight.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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