lady mayoress
Britishnoun
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The lord mayor wears a “huge gold chain,” Moran explained, and a former lady mayoress had a similar piece of regalia made with Australia’s national gemstone.
From Washington Times • Sep. 28, 2015
The new lady mayoress had been researching her predecessors when she stumbled upon the story of the opal, Moran said.
From Washington Times • Sep. 28, 2015
When that lady mayoress and the lord mayor visited Austin in 1983, they gave the opal to Austin.
From Washington Times • Sep. 28, 2015
But the next lady mayoress thought the opal was bad luck and wanted to be rid of it, leading to an angst-filled fight among Adelaide councillors, Moran said.
From Washington Times • Sep. 28, 2015
At Haddington road corner two sanded women halted themselves, an umbrella and a bag in which eleven cockles rolled to view with wonder the lord mayor and lady mayoress without his golden chain.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
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