Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A female author, designer, producer, or performer of any work.
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Examples
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Miss Fortune was not the pleasantest work-mistress in the world, and Ellen was apt to wish to be doing something else; but after all this was not amiss.
The Wide, Wide World 1892
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Miss Fortune was not the pleasantest work-mistress in the world, and Ellen was apt to wish to be doing something else; but, after all, this was not amiss.
The Wide, Wide World Susan Warner 1852
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Miss Fortune was not the pleasantest work-mistress in the world, and Ellen was apt to wish to be doing something else; but, after all, this was not amiss.
The Wide, Wide World Susan Warner 1852
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