Example Sentences

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Both ceremonies were slick enough, and McDonald and Odom proved to be charming major-domos.

From Washington Post • Sep. 27, 2021

Little Fortune was interned at war's beginning, but he was not shipped to Canada on the ill-fated Arandora Star along with most of London's Italian major-domos.

From Time Magazine Archive

I can imagine a young ant getting a severe ear-wigging from one of the major-domos for its stupidity.

From A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. by Jordan, David Starr

We must bring these major-domos to despair, and with a gnashing of teeth they shall acknowledge that in all things I am their master.

From The Daughter of an Empress by Greene, Nathaniel

These houses, which are often very imposing and palatial, are intended only for the residence of the owners of the estate and their major-domos or superintendents.

From The Mayas, the Sources of Their History Dr. Le Plongeon in Yucatan, His Account of Discoveries by Salisbury, Stephen