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Definition of Taskmistresses
1. taskmistress [n] - See also: taskmistress
Lexicographical Neighbors of Taskmistresses
Literary usage of Taskmistresses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sacred History of the World: As Displayed in the Creation and Subsequent by Sharon Turner (1838)
"Under these gentle taskmistresses (for such has been almost uniformly the character
of Turkish female« of high rank) the people had attained the highest ..."
2. The Sacred History of the World: As Displayed in the Creation and Subsequent by Sharon Turner (1838)
"Under these gentle taskmistresses (for such has been almost uniformly the character
of Turkish females of high tank) the people had attained the highest ..."
3. Christmas Blossoms, and New Year's Wreath by Uncle Thomas (1854)
"... and of poverty's hardest tyrant— cruel taskmasters and taskmistresses over
those who have none to defend them. Ah me! we soon find it a hard world, ..."
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