purblind

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I was talking to Mrs. Purblind now; Mrs. Simpson had had her fill, and gone home; and Mrs. Purblind had taken her place.

From How to Cook Husbands by Worthington, Elizabeth Strong

Mrs. Purblind insists I did not do that, exactly, but that I got rid of her.

From How to Cook Husbands by Worthington, Elizabeth Strong

I should not have answered her a word, but Mrs. Purblind thought to avert an awkward situation, so she said: “It illustrates the devotion of the masculine nature, I suppose.”

From How to Cook Husbands by Worthington, Elizabeth Strong

Falls back over Dniester again,—overhears that extraordinary DREAM, as above recited, betokening great rumor in Russian Society against such Purblind Commanders-in-Chief.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 21 by Carlyle, Thomas

Now on such a night as this I have known Mrs. Purblind to serve her lord cold veal and lettuce, simple because it was July, and a suitable time for heat.

From How to Cook Husbands by Worthington, Elizabeth Strong