hostess
Example Sentences
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I should bring them a nice hostess gift; I should behave so charmingly that they later compliment me to my parents.
From Literature
“If there is a bomb, a war, so what?” said Aisha Katushabe, a Ugandan hostess at a Japanese restaurant in Dubai’s City Walk area, showing off her bravado.
Susan Nasser works as a hostess, welcoming shoppers at the luxury Bicester Village outlet shopping centre and helping them find their way around.
From BBC
Believing Leah was overcome by the spirits, her hostess took her out into the yard for some fresh air.
From Literature
Although she performed as a hostess in Washington—she preferred it greatly to Albany—she badgered Seward almost constantly to give up politics and settle for a quiet life lawyering in Auburn.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
