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contessa
[ kawn-tes-sah; English kuhn-tes-uh ]
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of contessa1
First recorded in 1815–20;
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Had Violet signed the marriage contract with her right hand, the law would have made her a miserable contessa, but because she signed it with her left, she remained, to her relief, a miserable orphan.
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I had seen Chloe Marsh earlier in the day—very pretty, with a face shaped like a soft heart and with a delicate nose and lips like a contessa in a Renaissance portrait.
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And the clerks treat even commoners like contessas.
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The consequence of this recital was that Podstadsky's young acquaintances were clamorous for presentation to la contessa.
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