They discussed the credits of different merchants and different inns; and the two wags told several choice anecdotes of pretty chamber-maids, and kind Landladies.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
It was as if some unseen, august Mrs. Lovenant-Smith had decreed that Landladies and teachers in business schools did not do these things.
"The Story of Louie"
Oliver Onions
In perhaps a third of the cases the Landladies to whom she offered herself as a lodger found reasons for asking her to leave when they saw that her letters were addressed to "Miss Causton."
"The Story of Louie"
Oliver Onions