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- noun Plural form of
duchess . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
duchess .
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Examples
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It was Mr Cecil who put them across, Mr Cecil who had cultivated acquaintance with half the fashionable women of London and New York, who called duchesses by their pet names and had actually come by a glossy magazine in which, against an article by himself on Designing for Our Fairy Tale Princess, someone had scribbled in pencil, ‘But he never has designed for me!’
Tour de Force Brand, Christianna, 1907- 1955
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(You changed the end of the second verse -- you said "countesses" instead of "duchesses" -- begin again.)
The Martian George Du Maurier 1865
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But our New York brummagem "duchesses" of yesterday are less liberal in their condescensions.
The Arena Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891 Various 1888
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He did not cut down the shoots, spared the superfluous side branches, and, persisting in trying to lay the "duchesses" out in a square when they ought to go in a string on one side, he broke them or tore them down invariably.
Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life Gustave Flaubert 1850
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Forever immortalized by the antics of the 5th Duke of Devonshire and his two 5th duchesses Georgiana and Elizabeth, Devonshire House remained largely the same as when that menagerie resided within its tony walls.
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Yes, I understand that we treasure Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder, but a royal family doesn't just have kings and queens -- it can also be filled with dukes and duchesses.
Rick Sperling: Detroit Royalty at the Bob Evans Rick Sperling 2011
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The clothing of elite groups – fashionable merchants 'wives, duchesses with an eye for style – have survived in countless stately homes and museums.
Threads of feeling Kathryn Hughes 2010
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Yes, I understand that we treasure Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder, but a royal family doesn't just have kings and queens -- it can also be filled with dukes and duchesses.
Rick Sperling: Detroit Royalty at the Bob Evans Rick Sperling 2011
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It was said (in Ireland at least) that while Proust wished to discuss duchesses, Joyce wished only to talk of chambermaids.
Diaghilev: Lord of the dance Andrew O'Hagan 2010
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However, these unmarried princesses, countesses, duchesses and archduchesses had a special place in society.
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