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
But too frequently the mistress of the household is supposed to pick up her comfort at odd times, or more likely there isn't any supposition at all.
From The Complete Home by Laughlin, Clara E. (Clara Elizabeth)
Hadria couldn’t understand it; especially as the domestic life was arranged, one might almost say, with a special view to promoting musical talent in the mistress of the household.
From The Daughters of Danaus by Caird, Mona
After the mistress of the household had lighted the oven, the broiler, and the other burners and felt certain the old servant understood its operations, the mistress hurried for her train.
From Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations by Fanning, C. E. (Clara Elizabeth)
