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Landladies are the object of the especial attentions of swindlers, and suffer very much from them.

From The Secrets of the Great City by McCabe, James Dabney

Landladies apart, however, the populace pooh-poohed the Gilbertian decree.

From The Siege of Kimberley by Phelan, T.

Landladies are frequently swindled by adventurers of both sexes, and guests most commonly find that the hostess does not comply very strictly with her bargain. 

From Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City by McCabe, James Dabney

For some students are so deeply learnt, that they consume the monies they get in mirth and jovialty, and leave their Landladies, Booksellers, Tailors, Shoomakers, and all whom they are indebted to, unpaid.

From The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple by Marsh, A.

Landladies, who had lavished smiles upon me when they supposed me an ordinary pedestrian in search of the picturesque, gave me the cold shoulder when I began to explain my genuine intentions.

From The Quest of the Simple Life by Dawson, William J.