Dollop, the spirited landlady of the Tankard in Slaughter Lane, who had often to resist the shallow pragmatism of customers disposed to think that their reports from the outer world were of equal force with what had "come up" in her mind.
Dollop, the landlady of the Tankard in Slaughter Lane.
Vincy had the air of a very handsome good-humored landlady, accustomed to the most capricious orders of gentlemen.
One realizes that she's been taking her motorcycle out for a ride while fast asleep only after her landlady asks her where she went.
Yes, the pitcher plant, the ever-generous landlady, has even made a girdle on its side to serve as the bat's bed!
The unsteady state of their home and their landlady forges an even closer bond between the housemates in this lyrical meditation on what really makes up a family.
When it is nearly time for the pub to close, the landlord or landlady shouts "last orders" and then "time".
The landlady lent Aunty dry stockings and a nightcap; this she would need, said the landlady, and added that it would be impossible for my aunt to get home that night, which was true.
There is a broken pane in my room, over which the landlady has pasted some paper, but the wind blows through the crack despite that and produces a sound similar to that of a buzzing wasp.
My parents gave the student's landlady half a pound of green soap for it.
She is to assist the landlady in the housekeeping; and, if afterwards she behaves well and remains to be confirmed, the people will treat her as their own daughter.
"Pardon me," said the counsellor, addressing the landlady, "I do not feel quite well, and I should be much obliged if you will send for a fly to take me to Christian's Haven.
