boss lady
Example Sentences
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“I walk around like a boss lady now,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026
In the city, the Queen was affectionately called si tau por, which means "boss lady" in Cantonese.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2022
To be a boss lady is to reject society’s expectations that women look and behave within tightly drawn boundaries.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2018
Swift is one of pop music’s biggest boss ladies--and every boss lady needs an anthem.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2015
I asked for my job back at the cafe and the boss lady allowed me to return; again I served breakfast, washed dishes, carted trays of food up into the apartments.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
