patronne
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Madame Labbaye, the patronne, peered from behind a potted palm.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Bonnard, whose chatty recollections make up most of the novel, is the quizzical young patronne of a marginally respectable pension just after World War II in Switzerland.
From Time Magazine Archive
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I took a fifty-franc note from my pocket, put it in the envelope, sealed it, and handed it to the patronne.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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Two rooms were accessible from the tiny hall, but I entered the right one, and there by the window sat the patronne.
From Atlantic Classics by Various
The patronne is a motherly creature with half a dozen of her own brood.
From In the Day of Adversity by Bloundelle-Burton, John
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