dowagers

Mrs Proudie was fond of having an attendant clergyman; and as it was evident that Mr Robarts lived among nice people — titled dowagers, members of Parliament, and people of that sort — she was quite willing to install him as a sort of honorary chaplain pro tem.

Framley Parsonage 2004

Mr.. Proudie was fond of having an attendant clergyman; and as it was evident that Mr. Robarts lived among nice people -- titled dowagers, members of Parliament, and people of that sort -- she was quite willing to install him as a sort of honorary chaplain _pro tem_.

Framley Parsonage Anthony Trollope 1848

Along the way, it dragged in the president of the United States, several of the city's newspapers, the legendary editor Eleanor "Cissy" Patterson and so-called dowagers, who at one point stormed the Tidal Basin and briefly chained themselves to the hallowed trees.

Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post Michael E. Ruane 2010

There was still a chance that the "dowagers" would retire early from the scene of festivity.

The Prince of Graustark George Barr McCutcheon 1897

In silent astonishment Georgiana heard him address speeches to her such as dowagers who have seen their day can alone of womankind complacently swallow.

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

In silent astonishment Georgiana heard him address speeches to her such as dowagers who have seen their day can alone of womankind complacently swallow.

Sandra Belloni — Volume 6 George Meredith 1868

In silent astonishment Georgiana heard him address speeches to her such as dowagers who have seen their day can alone of womankind complacently swallow.

Sandra Belloni — Complete George Meredith 1868

After all, neither of us have had a new pair of shoes since the Bush administration, and what with her uncontrolled growth that started at birth and my throbbing bunion that started at mid-life, we both hobble around wincing like nineteenth century Chinese dowagers wearing shoes the size of thimbles.

Janice Harper: Three Chairs to Rattle My Walls Janice Harper 2012

After all, neither of us have had a new pair of shoes since the Bush administration, and what with her uncontrolled growth that started at birth and my throbbing bunion that started at mid-life, we both hobble around wincing like nineteenth century Chinese dowagers wearing shoes the size of thimbles.

Janice Harper: Three Chairs to Rattle My Walls Janice Harper 2012

He's Simon Parkes , an art restorer whose studio — though, based on the volume of work and 10-member staff, touching up everything from 18th-century portraits of British dowagers to an Andy Warhol soup can, it might be more appropriate to call the operation a small art-conservation factory — is situated on East 74th Street, not far from Sotheby's, one of Mr. Parkes's best customers.

Picassos in Reverse Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011