Example Sentences

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It is supported by a landlordly stalk of the utmost excess-profits-war-profits-minor-profits rigidity.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 4th, 1920 by Various

“Sur-prised ain’t the word for it, Sir Hilton,” cried the trainer, making an effort to look landlordly, and speaking in boisterous tones.

From Sir Hilton's Sin by Fenn, George Manville

She was at least entitled to a bit more information and to more courteous treatment than is shown in the letter signed by his landlordly hand.

From The Book of Business Etiquette by Henney, Nella