The usherette hovered helplessly flapping her hands. From Wordnik.com. [A Small Death in the Great Glen] Reference
Early on, Janet Gaynor used to be an usherette there. From Wordnik.com. [Thomas Gladysz: 15 Reasons to Attend the San Francisco Silent Film Festival] Reference
"Ah, brother, welcome," said a redhaired usherette in demure black leotards. From Wordnik.com. [The Unicorn Trade]
The new "usherette-service" will provide Economy class passengers with Irish Coffees, Dom. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Two puffs later, the heavy swing doors flew open, letting out a blast of noise and an anxious usherette. From Wordnik.com. [A Small Death in the Great Glen] Reference
If you plan to keep us in suspense, at least have the decency to send an usherette round with a tray of ice-cream…. From Wordnik.com. [Improvisation and teaching – the night at the Comedy Store when I saw the light… « Ken Wilson's Blog] Reference
It was only when the usherette asked for the tickets that I realised something was wrong, and I was not discrete about it either. From Wordnik.com. […buying theatre tickets « Sven’s guide to…] Reference
Then they walked down the red and gold foyer and an usherette in a Confederate cap and little short skirt conducted them to their special seats. From Wordnik.com. [AGoodManIsHardToFindAndOtherStories]
The program was supposed to start at 8pm, but I, as the head ‘right this way Datuk’-yes sir no sir head usherette had to be there by 10: 30am. From Wordnik.com. [natinski Diary Entry] Reference
An usherette was heroic in getting them seated and silent, mercifully permitting A Gentle Infinity to proceed unimpeded to its curiously bleak close. From Wordnik.com. [LSO/Davis/Kotla - review] Reference
The guidance lists banned terms for describing professions, including fireman, air hostess, headmaster, policeman, salesman, manageress, cinema usherette and male nurse. From Wordnik.com. [Never Yet Melted] Reference
They spent their honeymoon at the cinema -- Julia was so mad about movies that she put 'cinema usherette' on her marriage certificate, although she never actually was one. From Wordnik.com. [John]
Lily was a 1930s usherette and Kate and Len were Frankenstein and Bride of. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
What can I say that already hasn't be said about the 'classic usherette tray'?. From Wordnik.com. [British Blogs] Reference
In the absence of an usherette I found myself a charmlessly utilitarian metal seat. From Wordnik.com. [Indymedia Ireland] Reference
Feminization: Words like usherette are relatively young, and this model may catch on. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIV No 1] Reference
His father was a lorry driver in the Midlands; his mother worked as a cinema usherette. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
Christopher Fowler's memoirs: 'I was so in love with the usherette I could barely breathe'. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
A young usherette tries to help a struggling lawyer and captures the heart of a wealthy man. From Wordnik.com. [post-gazette.com - News] Reference
They asked the usherette, who called for the first aiders, who asked the young man where he was from. From Wordnik.com. [nourishing obscurity] Reference
FRANKLIN COVENANT BAPTIST, HEPHZIBAH: Usher and usherette ministry anniversary, 2: 30 p.m. Jan. 25; dinner. From Wordnik.com. [AugustaChronicle.com: Top News and Blogs] Reference
While she was studying she earned her living as a bouncer in a nightclub, as an usherette and as a stage technician. From Wordnik.com. [The Daily Record - Home] Reference
The usherette who asked Prince Philip if they wouldn't mind moving along the row had no idea to whom she was speaking. From Wordnik.com. [NEWS.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
In 1957, Gail Brown was an usherette at the Beaux-Arts style Omaha Theater (formerly the World), with its deep maroon paisley carpet, and later at the larger Orpheum. From Wordnik.com. [Omaha World-Herald > Frontpage] Reference
Court and is inviting all companies and organizations with products or services related to New York City as an usherette, she was discovered by the famed filmmaker Eric. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to 40 ways to celebrate Earth Day’s 40th Anniversary] Reference
If the usherette at first appeared to think I was a bit of a nutcase, another lady who came up to ask a question backed me up; she had been sitting in the row behind me. From Wordnik.com. [IT'S A CRIME! (OR A MYSTERY...)] Reference
To spare the lady some blushes, I felt obliged to have a quiet word with an usherette on leaving to suggest she let the production team know that in one scene in act one. From Wordnik.com. [IT'S A CRIME! (OR A MYSTERY...)] Reference
I rebelliously sat in a better seat than the one on my ticket because the film was starting and the screen was half empty, and the usherette moved me into the correct one. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
Having bought his ticket, Maigret obediently followed the usherette, in her black silk dress with the Peter Pan collar, as she led him, shining her flashlight, up the narrow stairs. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and the Spinster]
As Trixie the usherette, Eileen Del Valle struggled a bit with an introductory spiel that seemed more ad-libbed than scripted; she looked much more comfortable once the actual plot began. From Wordnik.com. [BroadwayWorld.com TV - Stage Greats Stories] Reference
In 1970 she was in two episodes of Dad's Army as the cinema usherette girlfriend of the spiv Walker, and appeared with Frankie Howerd in the series Up Pompeii and in TV's Carry On Again Christmas. From Wordnik.com. [The Canberra Times] Reference
This follows South African Airways 'recent Gold Mercury Award for its "usherette service" in the category "In-flight Meal Products. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
I find it amusing that he’s never noticed me before (not that I want him to) because I’ve been his chauffer/caddy/beck-and-call/usherette for the past 2 years!. From Wordnik.com. [natinski Diary Entry] Reference
My friend had been an usherette in a cinema. From Wordnik.com. [Terra Incognita]
Usher (not usherette). From Wordnik.com. [England Expects] Reference
40 usen, 407 usent, 313 useto, 313 ush, 185 usher, 121 usherette, 187 usually, 307 vacation, v. From Wordnik.com. [Mencken, H] Reference
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