ground landlord

How to use ground landlord in a sentence

• "She evidently doesn't know yet that I'm the ground landlord," he reflected.

  The Squire's Daughter | Silas K(itto) Hocking

• King Frost is the ground landlord, you know, and allows all her young things to sleep here and keep warm.

  The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy | Mabel Henriette Spielmann

• And right she was, when the premises were hers, and she had bought out even the Ground-landlord.

  The Remarkable History of Sir Thomas Upmore, bart., M.P., formerly known as "Tommy Upmore" | R. D. Blackmore

• The next step was to interest the Duke of Bedford—as the ground-landlord of that part of London—in the scheme.

  The Life of Mrs. Humphry Ward | Janet Penrose Trevelyan

• For aught you know, Mr. Gabriel Chestermarke may be owner of that theatre—ground-landlord—part-proprietor—financier.

  The Chestermarke Instinct | J. S. Fletcher