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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
governess .
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Examples
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But there isn't much left of the way God made a girl, by the time she's been curled and dressed and governessed for years, is there?
Bab: A Sub-Deb 1917
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But there isn't much left of the way God made a girl, by the time she's been curled and dressed and governessed for years, is there?
Bab: a Sub-Deb Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917
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Our old nurse taught me to say it when I was small, and though it has been pretty well governessed out of me since then, it's sure to pop up when I get confused and nervous.
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It's awful to have a resident teacher in the house, and be an only pupil; you feel governessed out of your life.
Flaming June George de Horne Vaizey 1887
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'She has been governessed and crammed till she is half sick of all reading,' said Claude, 'of all study -- ay, and all accomplishments.'
Scenes and Characters Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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