taskmistress

Examples of taskmistress in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The arrangement understandably makes commentators squirm: a white taskmistress keeping a black ward in her basement to turn out paintings on command. Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 24 June 2018

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“Taskmistress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taskmistress. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.

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