waiting woman
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A simple drawing which out-surrealizes a whole school of artists, it shows a lone, wan male cowering before a house whose whole three-storied back has somehow melted into the head of the waiting woman.
From Time Magazine Archive
Captain Billy’s ferry, though much larger, drooped like an old waiting woman.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
Even as she raised the sword the door was burst violently open, and the innkeeper, with two other men and a waiting woman rushed into the room.
From In the Day of Adversity by Bloundelle-Burton, John
It will readily strike the reader, that the tale has suffered great alterations, as handed down by tradition; the French waiting woman being changed into Mary Hamilton, and the Queen's apothecary into Henry Darnley.
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
Her eyes followed the trail to the solitary tree facing the sea like a waiting woman with long, wind-blown hair.
From Where the Sun Swings North by Willoughby, Barrett
