mistress of the household
Example Sentences
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She played inscrutable head games with the mistress of the household, my boyfriend’s mother, whom she had known since childhood.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2015
Blanche Yurka as the mistress of the household, becomes, at times, a tragic figure, notably at the end of Act II when she prays to the Virgin for strength to keep her Spanish down.
From Time Magazine Archive
The mistress of the household was absent, but Mr. Bush, aided by friends, did the honors to perfection.
From Travels in the Far East by Ellen Mary Hayes Peck
The Pilgrim Fathers got along without chambermaids; and even at a much later period chambermaids worked at least under the supervision of a mistress of the household.
From Penguin Persons & Peppermints by Walter Prichard Eaton
Every autumn, the mistress of the household was accustomed to lay in a store of articles sufficient to serve for the entire winter.
From The Life of Thomas Telford; civil engineer with an introductory history of roads and travelling in Great Britain by Samuel Smiles
