Lady Bountiful
/ˌleɪdi ˈbaʊntɪfʊl
/A woman who engages in ostentatious acts of charity to impress others.Pip really will be missed, as she has been a Lady Bountiful on behalf of Orange for so many good arts causes.
Early 19th century: from the name of a character in Farquhar's The Beaux' Stratagem (1707)
See parent entry: lady
- come up against (or hit) a brick wall
- come up dry
- come upon
- come up (or be given) with the rations
- come up (or go down) in the world
- come up (or out) smelling of roses
- comeuppance
- come up roses
- come up smiling
- come up with
- come up with (or deliver) the goods
- come what may
- comfily
- comfiness
- comfit
- comfort
- comfortable
- comfortableness
- comfortably
- comfort blanket
- comfort break
- comfort eating
- comforter
- comfort food
- comforting