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Meanings of good hostess in English

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Usage of good hostess in English
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And a good hostess doesn't leave her guests by themselves, does she?
Hellfire
2
Good-morrow, good hostess, I see my brother Peter is still in bed.
The Compleat Angler
3
Nor is the manner of the good hostess calculated to dispel this illusion.
The Idler in France
4
Dancing men voted her a thundering good hostess and a most good-natured woman.
December Love
5
My good hostess was, however, terrified when I made the proposal.
Hurricane Hurry
6
But my good hostess promised to forward without fail anything that might arrive.
Casanova's Homecoming
7
A good hostess also learns when to let her guests alone.
Manners and Social Usages
8
Further, except that she could not shine in conversation, she was a good hostess.
The Roll-Call
9
A good hostess is equally gracious to all her guests.
Child Life in Town and Country / 1909
10
Miss Waterford was a good hostess, and seeing my embarrassment came up to me.
The Moon and Sixpence
11
Mrs. Linton achieved both the objects which, as a good hostess, she had in view.
Phyllis of Philistia
12
Of nothing was our good hostess more proud than of these hats, and her dresses.
Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas
13
She is not at all a good hostess to-day!
The Master-Christian
14
As our good hostess here could tell you.
The golden compass
15
She fussed over it like any good hostess.
The shifter
16
The good hostess, even the servant maids, hung about Harriet, expressing such tender interest for the slave.
Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe / Compiled From Her Letters and Jo...
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