person of the house
Example Sentences
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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 Thackeray, William Makepeace
An uncommonly emphatic shake of her little fist close before her eyes, seemed to ease the mind of the person of the house; for she added with recovered composure, 'No, no, no.
From Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles
Wot he said to me was a message to the person of the house at the end o' the Court.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend
Turn all your pockets inside out, and leave 'em so!' cried the person of the house.
From Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles
"Mr. Morris is the person of the house."
From New Arabian Nights by Stevenson, Robert Louis
