Maigret called the proprietress, paid for the two drinks. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and the Reluctant Witness]
The proprietress was a crazy old woman never seen without a snifter of brandy in her hand. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-03-01] Reference
The proprietress was a very lively creature. From Wordnik.com. ["The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders] Reference
The proprietress is a good German, jawohl. From Wordnik.com. [The Man with the Clubfoot] Reference
“Is your wife still enjoying playing proprietress?”. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret's Dead Man]
The proprietress is pleasant and her maids are obliging. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures of a Despatch Rider] Reference
"Yes, certainly it is pretty," assented its proprietress. From Wordnik.com. [Marie Gourdon A Romance of the Lower St. Lawrence] Reference
The proprietress of the school was standing at the window. From Wordnik.com. [Spotted Hemlock]
Well placed now in money matters, and proprietress of the Casket. From Wordnik.com. [Adrien Leroy] Reference
The proprietress who had been behind the bar began to serve them. From Wordnik.com. [Cargo of Eagles]
"There is your employer, Sarah," said the proprietress of the office. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Wireless Message: or, the castaways of Earthquake island] Reference
At twenty, he fell in love with Babette, daughter of the proprietress of. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Work in Music] Reference
This was the proprietress of the house they had visited with his sister. From Wordnik.com. [The Power of Mesmerism A Highly Erotic Narrative of Voluptuous Facts and Fancies] Reference
The proprietress maintained her pleasant smile at my casual interruption. From Wordnik.com. [The Vatican Rip]
Leaning heavily on the walking stick, the proprietress descended the stairs. From Wordnik.com. [Soul] Reference
It bore no name, but was designated as "Mrs. Sairs '," from its proprietress. From Wordnik.com. [As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century] Reference
Last week the Minister and I had a talk with the proprietress of the Ichiriki. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of a Geisha]
The proprietress paid the girls small salaries, expecting them to live on tips. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts' Good Turn] Reference
It became a great occidental circus when Colonel Pike married the proprietress. From Wordnik.com. [Hilda A Story of Calcutta] Reference
I understand that it had been given him by the proprietress of a lodging-house. From Wordnik.com. [Killer Dolphin]
“He asked me for a token for the phone,” broke in the proprietress from her desk. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and the Saturday Caller]
Once Diane was in the loop, she acted as though she were the proprietress of the loop. From Wordnik.com. [Manner of Death]
Miss Pinwell, the proprietress of the extremely genteel seminary for young ladies, Queen. From Wordnik.com. [Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'] Reference
The proprietress, an immense woman with a serious face, who was seated at the desk, inquired. From Wordnik.com. [Une Vie] Reference
She had remained at her post behind the bar where, as proprietress, she had every right to be. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and the Headless Corpse]
"What's gone wrong with the child now?" said Miss Opie, the elder proprietress of the domicile. From Wordnik.com. [Bluebell A Novel] Reference
Signora Sedowsky was born at Naples, and is the proprietress of three large theatres in that city. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875] Reference
At 10: 00 PM the proprietress tapped me on the shoulder and said it was time to go, the place was closing. From Wordnik.com. [Amanda Copeland: The Tenderness in the Autism Journey] Reference
I came upon a stall - 'verduras' - where the proprietress was in the final stages of arranging her produce. From Wordnik.com. [Liz Neumark: 2 weeks/2 continents] Reference
It makes me feel like an 8-year old lemonade stand proprietress watching older kids set up shop down the street. From Wordnik.com. [Rachel Thebault: Bring on the Lemonade Stands] Reference
At sight of the young proprietress of La Thuiliere, the hurrahs burst forth again, with redoubled and more sustained energy. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The passengers in the back part formed a group to themselves, and while the new-comer spoke to the proprietress, they indulged in. From Wordnik.com. [The Woodlanders] Reference
A halt is made for tiffin in this delightful little hotel, whose pleasant looking proprietress, unfortunately, does not speak English. From Wordnik.com. [Across the Equator A Holiday Trip in Java] Reference
Remembering the snores which had proceeded from that cleft in the caravan in which the proprietress of the wax – work passed the night. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Curiosity Shop] Reference
"I do believe the beings are here for good, not for bad," says the portly, beaming proprietress, who claims to have channeled alien beings. From Wordnik.com. [Saucers In Their Eyes] Reference
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