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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Good Lady (The). The mistress of the house. "Your good lady," your wife. (See Goodman.) "My good woman" is a deprecatory address to an inferior; but "Is your good woman at home?" is quite respectful, meaning your wife (of the lower grade of society). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Crosswords: GOOD LADY |
| Specialty definitions using "GOOD LADY": HOURI. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | HOURI, n. A comely female inhabiting the Mohammedan Paradise to make things cheery for the good Mussulman, whose belief in her existence marks a noble discontent with his earthly spouse, whom he denies a soul. By that good lady the Houris are said to be held in deficient esteem. |
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Expressions using "GOOD LADY": my good lady ♦ your good lady. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
good lady our remedy | 9 |
council good lady our | 6 |
church counsel good lady our | 3 |
24 b good lady | 2 |
good lady night | 2 |
counsel detroit good lady our | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "GOOD LADY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Arabic | عزيزتي (beloved, my good lady, sugar). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | ma chérie (my good lady). (various references) | ||||||||||
Hungarian | neje (his good lady), hitvese (his good lady, queen consort), felesége (his good lady), a neje (his good lady). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | oodgay adylay soţia dumitale (your good lady). (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-g-l-o-o-y" | |
-2 letters: goodly, ogdoad. | |
-3 letters: dodgy, dooly, glady, godly, goody, oddly, ology. | |
-4 letters: agly, dado, dago, dodo, dogy, dyad, gaol, glad, goad, goal, gold, good, lady, load, logo, logy, odyl, oldy, yald, yoga. | |
-5 letters: add, ado, ago, dad, dag, dal, day, dog, dol, gad, gal, gay, goa, god, goo, goy, lad, lag, lay, log, loo, odd. | |
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