Word: hostess
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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They had said there were to be only a few friends, and I naturally hoped that they would be mutual friends; but no, as my hostess turned around and said, "I suppose you know most of them here," I was obliged to confess that I did not know a face. They were not even the kind of people one sees at parties. Every girl looked as if she studied too hard, and had come there as a part of her other work...
...What! not drink wine!" the hostess, said...