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headmistressy

/ ˌɛˈɪٰɪɪ /

adjective

  1. typical of the duties and behaviour of a headmistress
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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I scraped my hair back from my face in the severe headmistressy way they used to fix it, and holding it in place with one hand, I straightened my shoulders and clicked my heels together.

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She checked her papers, I checked my papers, Sergeant Silvey checked both of us, that headmistressy Special Operations officer who was nannying her checked, everybody checked.

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Photograph: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Before the awards were even handed out, Twitter went to town with the leaked wardrobe memo from CBS and its hilariously headmistressy dictums.

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