mistress of the household
Example Sentences
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She played inscrutable head games with the mistress of the household, my boyfriend’s mother, whom she had known since childhood.
From Slate • Aug. 28, 2015
Blanche Yurka as the mistress of the household, becomes, at times, a tragic figure, notably at the end of Act II when she prays to the Virgin for strength to keep her Spanish down.
From Time Magazine Archive
The child had kept her manners and her dignity too, under some provocation, while the mistress of the household was conscious that she had lost hers.
From One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)
The realisation came suddenly at last, with a passing word from Dame Audrey, the mistress of the household at Cardiff.
From The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time by Holt, Emily Sarah
“Who sent you?” pursued Hagena, who was the Countess’s mistress of the household, and next in authority to her.
From One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)
