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Examples
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Tim: because our farm doubles as our home ... we discourage "stop bys" and ask that visitors make an appointment first (or risk witnessing the maitresse de maison dissolve into a puddle of sweat on the front porch).
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I went up, and was making for the chamber I shared with Kralta when a soft voice called and I turned to see the Prince's maitresse-en-titre, she of the heroic bosom, standing in an open doorway in a silk night-rail that was never designed for sleeping.
Watershed 2010
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The impression I got from that book was also that de la Valliere was rather sweet and naive for a maitresse en titre.
Mistress of the Sun, by Sandra Gulland. Book review Carla 2009
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Tim: because our farm doubles as our home... we discourage "stop bys" and ask that visitors make an appointment first or risk witnessing the maitresse de maison dissolve into a puddle of sweat on the front porch.
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When people asked me what I did I said, "Je suis une maitresse du web ..." and they all said, "Non, non, vous etes un webmaster."
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John Baxter reading at Shakespeare & Co, 29/01/07, originally uploaded by maitresse.
Archive 2008-02-01 Lemon Hound 2008
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John Baxter reading at Shakespeare & Co, 29/01/07, originally uploaded by maitresse.
John Baxter reading at Shakespeare & Co, 29/01/07 Lemon Hound 2008
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We met up before the show and I asked if I could take a picture of this dress, my favorite dress in the show, which she says is very "maitresse de pension" and I say is very Rochas, non?
Coups de Foudre 2007
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We met up before the show and I asked if I could take a picture of this dress, my favorite dress in the show, which she says is very "maitresse de pension" and I say is very Rochas, non?
La Coquette: 2007
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Normal je suis son Pinku, c'est mon role de prendre soin de ma maitresse quand meme!
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2007
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