She plays duenna at the Theatre Michel, as that fat. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"And are the wife's not black," screamed out the duenna. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
Taking your role as duenna a little seriously, arent you?. From Wordnik.com. [In the Garden of Iden] Reference
Precisely that; like a sharp-eyed duenna to his own heart. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920] Reference
He insists that I shall go, but he sends my duenna with me. From Wordnik.com. [Can You Forgive Her?] Reference
"I am called Dona Rodriguez de Grijalba," replied the duenna. From Wordnik.com. [Don Quixote] Reference
And so did Nefer, like the good duenna she was supposed to be. From Wordnik.com. [In the Garden of Iden] Reference
"Marquis, you are very impertinent," said the duenna, laughing. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"He must have been some clown," said Dona Rodriguez the duenna. From Wordnik.com. [Don Quixote] Reference
Well; what do you think my senior duenna did -- the female one, I mean?. From Wordnik.com. [Can You Forgive Her?] Reference
How ridiculous it is in you to set yourself up in this place as a duenna!. From Wordnik.com. [The American Baron] Reference
"She has enough to do with her newly-born infant," mumbled the good duenna. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
"This is the proper moment to retire!" said the duenna, rising from the table. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"In feasting and rejoicing," said the duenna, before the old man could answer. From Wordnik.com. [Idle Hour Stories] Reference
To perform this feat, and not to degenerate into a Spanish duenna, a dragon, or a. From Wordnik.com. [Manners and Social Usages] Reference
The duenna who acts as her natural guardian and chaperon, ordinarily accompanies her. From Wordnik.com. [The Etiquette of To-day] Reference
Of these women, several may yet be seen in Malta, looking very Oriental and duenna-like. From Wordnik.com. [A Love Story] Reference
"In that case, good luck, my General!" said the duenna, presenting arms with her umbrella. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"And I think you will not want your duenna to do it, involved as she is in her devotions.". From Wordnik.com. [In the Garden of Iden] Reference
The duenna looked swarthily formidable, the housekeeper meek, and the secretary nearsighted. From Wordnik.com. [In the Garden of Iden] Reference
"To be sure they don't lie!" exclaimed Dona Rodriguez, the duenna, who was one of the listeners. From Wordnik.com. [Don Quixote] Reference
Donna Matura, a brown old woman, hideous, toothless, and inclined to swooning, was installed as duenna. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
Lady Glencora had not been twenty-four hours in the house with this lady before she recognised in her a duenna. From Wordnik.com. [Can You Forgive Her?] Reference
The next thing will be to keep an eye on the duenna, -- the "Model" and so forth, as the white-neckcloth called her. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859] Reference
It was not in fear of any such catastrophe as a positive elopement that she had taken upon herself the duty of duenna. From Wordnik.com. [Can You Forgive Her?] Reference
She took my own carriage, and posted off after Mr Palliser as hard as ever she could, leaving the male duenna on the watch. From Wordnik.com. [Can You Forgive Her?] Reference
At length the old duenna taking courage, looked boldly into the reservoir, and to her surprise she there found a dead man. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan] Reference
I must travel all through the garden on my knees, saying rosaries every hour on the hour, with my grim-visaged duenna by my side. From Wordnik.com. [In the Garden of Iden] Reference
Scarcely had they gone when in rushed the General and my prim duenna, Mrs. Whitney; they'd been waiting until the coast was clear. From Wordnik.com. [The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day] Reference
Senci and Hotep's older sister, the Lady Bettis, a dark-eyed matron of thirty, presided in duenna-like guardianship over the rout. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
The unfortunate duenna hearing herself thus conjured, by her own fear guessed Don Quixote's and in a low plaintive voice answered. From Wordnik.com. [Don Quixote] Reference
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