A woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)
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Examples for "mistress"
Examples for "mistress"
1Tentatively, he began, 'I do not question your mistress's wisdom and power.
2Jake said, Anita could try to break you free of your mistress.
3Before he could answer, Robin said, My mistress wishes to meet you.
4Shortly the mistress of the house came in and ordered the supper.
5And in the hospital in England Common suddenly saw his mistress again.
1The schoolmistress cast a distressed look at the waving bag-door and said:
2The schoolmistress did not look in the least disconsolate after Nicky's departure.
3The schoolmistress's grave was greener and her child rosier than of yore.
4And that schoolmistress will work you to death: I know she will.
5But he did not give more than a thought to the schoolmistress.
1Other matters also disquieted him-soLin McLean was hanging round that schoolmarm!
2Probably the county schoolmarm, seeing the scraploose way this place is put together.
3This time she was like nothing he'd seen before: a librarian or schoolmarm.
4The schoolmarm scrambled down, still screaming protests at the grinning rider.
5But these were questions we could not put to the schoolmarm.
1The schoolma'am, again feeling herself mistress of the situation, proceeded with her disciplining.
2He had discovered that he liked to look at the schoolma'am.
3Still it was as much as the schoolma'am, knowing Annie, could justly expect.
4They brought him many friendly messages from the schoolma'am, to which he returned unfriendly answers.
5And then came the schoolma'am.
7The schoolma'am, her cheeks becomingly pink from excitement, fluttered behind the curtain for a last, flurried survey of stage properties and actors.
8And being lectured was not at all what he had expected from the schoolma'am-andwho can fathom the mind of a man?
9Indulgent as a kindly schoolma'am.
10"I'm the runaway schoolma'am," responded Miss Cordelia with a twinkle.
11"There's the schoolma'am," she heard in a loud whisper, as she paused for a moment upon the threshold.
12"Who's going to pilot the schoolma'am?"
Translations for schoolma'am