lioness

• "Did you know that the lioness is the one who hunts and brings the food to her husband Only because he allows it," Geoffrey stated with conviction. —  Garwood, Julie - Gentle Warrior
• A party was a party, a lioness was a lioness; and—shall I confess it?—at that time an extra dish of biscuits was enough to mark the evening. —  Charlotte Bronte and Her Circle
• During the scuffle between the elephant and his driver, we heard the cry that the lioness was again off. —  Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals
• I claim that lioness, because I fired at her head last night, and there you have the bullet-hole Cut out the ball and see," said Hicks, drawing his knife When the ball was extracted it was indeed found to have been fired from Tom's gun, so, according to sporting law in that region, which ordains that he who first draws blood claims the game, the lioness was adjudged to belong to Tom Our hero returned to his blankets once more, congratulating himself not a little on his good fortune, when his attention was arrested by two shots in succession at no great distance. —  Hunting the Lions
• The roar of the lioness was answered by a deep growl from another part of the bush, and immediately afterwards a lion bolted out, and bounded from the bushes across the plain, to a small mimosa grove about a quarter, of a mile off What a splendid animal!" —  The Mission; or Scenes in Africa

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