hostess

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The hostess usually puts on a nice spread: dips, fresh bread, cuts of ham and beef, Christmas tree-shaped chips with hummus and salsa cruda, mince pies, chocolate squares, etc.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 24, 2025

Harriet Cullen’s delightful biography of her mother, “Lady Pamela Berry: Passion, Politics and Power,” tells of a great fixer, the last political hostess in London.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

Like a hostess who secretly loathes her guests, Shelley encourages her characters to flatter themselves and expose their braggadocio.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

Lily, the hostess of Miller's Waterfront Restaurant in the Outer Banks town of Nags Head, told the BBC the wind was "starting to pick up" and the weather had become cloudy.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

Her celebrity derives not from her present occupation but a previous one— dance-hall hostess, an incarnation not indicated by her appearance.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote