woman of the house
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Opening the door just a crack, the woman of the house peeps out suspiciously: “If I let you in, you’ll sell me encyclopedias!”
From Washington Post • Feb. 26, 2023
The youth pulls a wad of bills from his back pocket and gives some to Barbecue; he, in turn, hands the money to the woman of the house.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2021
It decided to sign the titles of each home not to a whole family but to the woman of the house.
From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2021
A badge of honor for the middle classes was that the woman of the house did not have to work for wages, nor was she to perform hard work around the house if possible.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020
“There have been two failed attempts at placing out. The Byrnes and the Grotes. Trouble with the woman of the house in both places.”
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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