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- noun The work of a
hostess .
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Examples
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We helped in hostessing lady overnight guests for the enlisted men's party on the 2nd and the officers 'party on the 8th.
THE WAY IT WAS 1990
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"The hostessing is a very traditional way of dealing with being kind to guests," said Tracey Wilen-Daugenti, a director at Cisco Systems who often advises women on how to do business abroad.
With Karaoke, 2008
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I provide one bottle of wine, but people are always bringing more and helping out with the hostessing, which is nice.
Law and Letters 2008
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Not trying to write spontaneous fiction while hostessing helps, clearly.
Valentines, part the first mllelaurel 2009
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Thanks, Gay, for hosting (or is it hostessing?) me here while we wait for the inevitable time when flash rules the literary world.
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Although I do have a knack for hostessing; I used to throw great parties in high school.
Nedda Alammar: Weddings: An Invitation for Abuse Nedda Alammar 2011
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The Jacksonville, Florida, native was still hostessing at the Belmont, a bar and restaurant in Los Angeles, when she got the call about Twilight auditions in 2007.
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Although I do have a knack for hostessing; I used to throw great parties in high school.
Nedda Alammar: Weddings: An Invitation for Abuse Nedda Alammar 2011
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Hospitality very naturally leads to learning all of the homemaking skills (including hostessing) and because I can't do it all myself my children have learned all these skills!
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And she's hostessing, which she does periodically in this apartment with roof access and views.
Stars 2010
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