There is a-bossiness about you that proclaims the fact aloud."
"The Lamp in the Desert"
Ethel M. Dell
Loneliness and the long struggle to face the world without her man; the determination of this masterful young woman who had been so long a part of her husband's life; and, more than all, a new feeling altogether-love, and the dependence a woman feels, the longing to find rest in strong arms, which comes with the first revelation of love, had conquered what Kitty had called her "bossiness."
"You Never Know Your Luck, Complete Being The Story Of A Matrimonial Deserter"
Gilbert Parker Last Updated: March 14, 2009
And what is this bossiness around the grate but some blunt, black-leaded garland?
"Essays"
Alice Meynell