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Landladies, who had lavished smiles upon me when they supposed me an ordinary pedestrian in search of the picturesque, gave me the cold shoulder when I began to explain my genuine intentions.

From The Quest of the Simple Life by Dawson, William J.

Landladies apart, however, the populace pooh-poohed the Gilbertian decree.

From The Siege of Kimberley by Phelan, T.

Landladies asked questions, and she was not a very good liar.

From Kildares of Storm by Kelly, Eleanor Mercein

Landladies are the object of the especial attentions of swindlers, and suffer very much from them.

From The Secrets of the Great City by McCabe, James Dabney

Landladies are ladder-rungs of progress, too; Kedzie's history might have been traced by hers.

From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert