‘A woman who has tenants holding from her’ (Johnson); †figurative a mistress. rare.
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| 释义 | the mind > possession > possessor > [noun] > owner > landowner > landlord > woman (4) landlady?1533 ‘A woman who has tenants holding from her’ (Johnson); †figurative a mistress. rare. land-mistress1860 = landlady, n. 1. mivvy1881 derogatory. A woman; esp. the landlady of a lodging house. bunk-wife1937 spec. The lodging of a student at St. Andrews university. Hence attributive in bunk-wife, the (or a) keeper of a ‘bunk’; landlady. |
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