housemother
Example Sentences
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Dasani’s housemother is 37-year-old Tabitha McQuiddy, a white Pennsylvania native with blond highlights and a long plaid skirt.
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2021
She also replaced Charlotte Rae in 1986 as the housemother to a group of female adolescents on “The Facts of Life,” staying with the NBC sitcom until its cancellation in 1988.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2021
The late Charlotte Rae, who played housemother Edna Garrett, passed away in 2018 at age 92.
From Fox News ● Apr. 9, 2019
Sagar Nepali, a sturdy, 11-year-old boy with warm, determined black eyes, wearing a dirt-stained black hooded sweatshirt, is playing with a packet of temporary tattoos given to him and his friends by their housemother.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2015
A housemother appeared, waiting to take me inside and nodding that my escort could be on his way.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
