Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—D

Duchess

The wife or widow of a duke; but an old woman is often jocosely termed an old duchess or a regular old duchess. The longevity of the peers and peeresses is certainly very striking.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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