/ · 1894 Brewer’s · G · Good Lady (The)
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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).
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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