past mistress
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of past mistress
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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In recent years, she played Felicity Huffman's mother on "Desperate Housewives" and the past mistress of Tony Soprano's late father on "The Sopranos."
From US News • Sep. 20, 2014
In recent years, she played Felicity Huffman’s mother on Desperate Housewives and the past mistress of Tony Soprano’s late father on The Sopranos.
From The Guardian • Sep. 20, 2014
In recent years, she played Felicity Huffman's mother on “Desperate Housewives” and the past mistress of Tony Soprano's late father on “The Sopranos.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2014
Wasikowska — the pensive Alice in Tim Burton’s Wonderland, the troubled teen on In Therapy, Jane Eyre to Michael Fassbender’s Rochester — is a past mistress at playing odd girls.
From Time • Mar. 1, 2013
I'm sorry for you"—Mary was past mistress of the gentle art of condescension."
From Rainbow Valley by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
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