How To Use forelady In A Sentence
- The next day Marija went to see her "forelady," and was told to report the first of the week, and learn the business of can-painter. The Jungle
- Marija did not understand then, as she was destined to understand later, what there was attractive to a "forelady" about the combination of a face full of boundless good nature and the muscles of a dray horse; but the woman had told her to come the next day and she would perhaps give her a chance to learn the trade of painting cans. The Jungle
- Mary had had consumption, and all day long you might hear her coughing as she worked; of late she had been going all to pieces, and when Marija came, the "forelady" had suddenly decided to turn her off. The Jungle
- So Ona set out that day to hunt for work; and at night Marija came home saying that she had met a girl named Jasaityte who had a friend that worked in one of the wrapping rooms in Brown's, and might get a place for Ona there; only the forelady was the kind that takes presents -- it was no use for any one to ask her for a place unless at the same time they slipped a ten-dollar bill into her hand. The Jungle
- Usually, three section heads helped the head forelady supervise the whole packing or trimming procedure.
- The "forelady," he found, had not yet come; all the lines of cars that came from downtown were stalled -- there had been an accident in the powerhouse, and no cars had been running since last night. The Jungle
- She'd long believed her forelady, Miss Henderson, disliked her.
- Ona had an idea that her "forelady" did not like to have her girls marry -- perhaps because she was old and ugly and unmarried herself. The Jungle
- The forelady of the jury was an African-American, who found the police officers to be entirely innocent.