chaperon

• Practice makes perfect; and the chaperon is as much at home here as the stockbroker on 'Change, or the betting-man in the ring, or the fisherman amidst the roar and turmoil of the waves. —  Kate Coventry An Autobiography
• Perhaps there may be some couples, but they will be young and festive, and the chaperon will be a dear old thing with side-ringlets, who will let us do as we like, and take our part with the old man. —  The Fortunes of the Farrells
• In European society the chaperon is indispensable and has an acknowledged and honored position. —  Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada
• She must not open letters; she must not be prying and inquisitive; she must not give reasons for the girl she chaperons to regard her as "a dragon A giddy, flirtatious chaperon is a disadvantage to a girl. —  Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada
• Such a chaperon is worse than none at all The Girl and the Chaperon.--A girl should remember that her chaperon stands in the relation of a mother to her for the time being, therefore any disregard of her chaperon's suggestions or wishes is the same as disregarding her mother's. —  Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada

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