Mrs. Grundy
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For years Mrs. Grundy and grundyism were synonymous with conventional behavior.
From Time Magazine Archive
For another, Burton, who always referred to the proper British public contemptuously as "Mrs. Grundy," goaded the good lady abominably.
From Time Magazine Archive
But more likely the network objected to the show's running gags about John Pastore, the influential chairman and Mrs. Grundy of the Senate Communications Subcommittee.
From Time Magazine Archive
A good half of the letters in the volume are concerned with the difficulties of reconstructing Jezebel in the image of Mrs. Grundy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Very likely some Mrs. Grundy will observe, “I don’t believe it, boys will be boys, young men must sow their wild oats, and women must not expect miracles.”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
