landlordlyadj.
Belonging to or characteristic of a landlord or landlords.
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the mind > possession > possessor > [adjective] > characteristic of landowner or landlord
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > providing with dwelling > [adjective] > characteristic of innkeeper
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > keeper of eating-house > [adjective] > keeper of eating-house
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1853 J. R. Lowell in Putnam's Monthly Mag. Nov. 462/2 He waits upon it himself in the good old landlordly fashion.
1866 Daily Tel. 8 Jan. 4/6 Landlordly coercion.
1897 F. W. Maitland Domesday Bk. & Beyond 199 As far as landlordly rights are concerned.
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