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- noun Obsolete spelling of
hostess .
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Examples
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Adriano being not yet falne asleepe, feeling the hostesse in bed with him: tooke advantage of so faire an occasion offered, and what he did, is no businesse of mine, (as I heard) neither found the woman any fault.
The Decameron 2004
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These priestes were earnestly desired to entreate for their hostesse, at the Cardinalles handes: but they altogether refused, desiryng rather their death then preseruation.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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779: (Be it for nothing but to spight my wife) 780: Vpon mine hostesse there, good sir make haste:
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1653: The rather for I thinke I know your hostesse
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