person of the house
Example Sentences
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The person of the house gave a weird little laugh here, and gave them another look out of the corners of her eyes.
From Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
"That is to say, Miss Wren," observed the visitor, rather weary of the person of the house, and quite ready to profit by her hint, "you wish me to go?"
From Ten Girls from Dickens by Kate Dickinson Sweetser
"Ah," cried the person of the house, with a little scream as if the word had pricked her.
From Ten Girls from Dickens by Kate Dickinson Sweetser
The person of the house," mamma says, "hardly comes up to Dr. Goodenough's description of her.
From The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family by William Makepeace Thackeray
“Go into the kitchen and touch naething,” said the voice; and while the person of the house set himself to replacing the defences of the door, I groped my way forward and entered the kitchen.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
