Mrs. Santa Claus

Definitions

Noun. [C1]

Examples

“Now, dear Mrs. Santa Claus, stay⟳ your tears. I think⟳ we can outwit your cunning husband yet. / Mrs. Santa Claus (seizing Fairy’s hand and kissing them).—O you dear, dear Fairy, I shall love⟳ you now better than ever.”

“There was a long table, and around on one side was a big row of Santa Clauses and Mrs. Santa Clauses.”

“Mrs. Santa Claus, do you think⟳ your husband is going to bring⟳ that doll to our house?”

“Mrs. Santa Claus brushed a tear⟳ from her eye as she placed a generous bag of toys on the floor and prepared to depart.”

“So the next day several more prominent women came out, all dressed up like⟳ Mrs. Santa Claus with white powdered hair and red skirts and pillows in their stomachs and Santa Claus hats, and they weren’t killed either.[…]But this new generation of kids, who grew up believing in Mrs. Santa Claus, seemed to have⟳ a different attitude toward women.”

“Later I saw⟳ the stout matriarchs of both families walking together, both wearing bright red robes with white trim, like⟳ a couple of Mrs. Santa Clauses.”

“Crowd management was improved as female Santa’s helpers and Mrs. Santa Clauses came on the scene to calm children before their visit⟳.”

“She brought the unpainted ceramic Santas and Mrs. Santa Clauses, reindeer, elves, and gift packages to us by the box load⟳ and spent every Tuesday evening from 7:00 to 8:30 or sometimes 9:00 showing us how to properly paint⟳ the white figures so that they looked “neat” and “professionally done.””

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