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Definition of Matronizes
1. matronize [v] - See also: matronize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Matronizes
Literary usage of Matronizes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cornhill Magazine by George Smith (1872)
"... dine or sup there, and come back in the evening, they usually secure one
married lady who does propriety, or, as they express it, matronizes the party. ..."
2. The Mettle of the Pasture by James Lane Allen (1903)
"And she patronizes — or matronizes — me and tyrannizes over Ambrose: so the world
is really succeeding at last. But I wish her husband had not asked ..."
3. The Young Lady's Friend by John Farrar (1838)
"... wherein the experience of an older person is needed, and a look from the lady
who matronizes them, may save them from something they would be sorry for. ..."
4. Social Customs by Florence Howe Hall (1911)
"An elder sister sometimes matronizes one who is a good deal younger, where the
mother is either dead or unable to go into society. ..."
5. The Technical World Magazine (1912)
"Everybody connected with the Zoological Park, from Director Hornaday down to the
motherly woman who matronizes over the rest room, and even the humblest ..."
6. Good Manners by Eliza M ] [Lavin (1889)
"... the mother or chaperon inseparable from the young girls under her charge, will
excuse him for entirely ignoring whoever matronizes the young people. ..."
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