landlady

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Ms. McDonagh also writes about Elizabeth Anscombe, who was one of the 20th century’s major philosophers, and also a student, friend and landlady of Ludwig Wittgenstein.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Among them is Miss Connulty, a respected landlady, whose tragic past prompts her to warn Ellie that “love was a madness.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

Ms. Ypi tells us that the two had been close enough for her grandfather to once offer to settle the penniless Hoxha’s debts with his Parisian landlady.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

Pub landlady Maria Connolly's son Owain, 19, also recently moved away from his Swansea home to go to university in Hertfordshire.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

BL: Also, Jule told the landlady her name is Imogen.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart