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Over-the-top, camp and butch, with heavy makeup, big hair and large gestures, the season's most flamboyant, matron-like men put on their drawers to tread the boards and make everything go pear-shaped.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025

But now, as Jean sat matron-like with her sewing, in front of her cottage, while her children played near, she wondered what "strange lady" could be coming along the path.

From Geordie's Tryst A Tale of Scottish Life by Rae, Mrs. Milne

But if Nina had gone away—depriving him of her pleasant companionship, her quick sympathy, her grave and almost matron-like remonstrances—there was another quite ready to take her place.

From Prince Fortunatus by Black, William

I took care accordingly, and was not a little pleased to see her enter the room with a decent and matron-like behaviour, which I thought very much became her.

From Isaac Bickerstaff, physician and astrologer by Steele, Richard, Sir

She had gone out to the wood that morning, beaming and contented on her husband's arm, most matron-like, respectable in every fold.

From Invisible Links by Lagerlöf, Selma