| 单词 | woman of the house |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswoman of the house woman of the house n. the dominant female of a household; a woman in charge of a home. Π 1667 S. Pepys Diary 30 June (1895) XII. 334 The woman of the house is a very talking bawdy jade. 1766 T. Amory Life John Buncle II. xi. 388 She came in first with a black mask on her face, from her chair, and was by the woman of the house shewn into a chamber up stairs. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. v. 70 ‘Conscripts!’ said the woman of the house..‘I am billetted full already.’ 1880 J. M. Bailey Danbury Boom! x. 65 It depends on the amount of nervous force possessed by the woman of the house. 1928 P. O'Donnell Islanders ii. 19 ‘Wagga, ye didn't sleep in the mornin',’ the woman of the house greeted her, benedictions having been exchanged. 1966 ‘M. Hunter’ Ghosts of Glencoe xi. 131 We were seated by the fireside and the woman of the house was mixing oatmeal with hot water and honey and butter to make a bowl of brose. 1980 A. E. Fisher Midnight Men iv. 45 Bathrooms should reflect..the woman of the house... I'd like a sort of whorish pink. 2001 A. Franklin & P. Mason Lammas i. i. 23 The woman of the house would don a new white apron and prepare to cook them [sc. potatoes]. < as lemmas |
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