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Holmes pushed open the door of the private bar and ordered two glasses of beer from the ruddy-faced, white-aproned landlord.

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 Meanings and Examples of LANDLORD
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
landlord
 n.  a landowner who leases to others; a person who rents land, a building, or an apartment to a tenant
Classic Sentence: (73 in 5 pages)
1  He spoke the vernacular with a curious calm assurance, as if he were the landlord of the Inn.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
2  'None,' replied the landlord of the Cripples; for it was he.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
3  The landlord reciprocated the old man's laugh; and returned to his guests.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
4  'Fill this glass again,' he said, handing Mr. Bumble's empty tumbler to the landlord.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
5  In all these cases, there are established usages which make everything plain and easy between landlord and tenant.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
6  Finally, I went to the landlord, who is an accountant living on the ground floor, and I asked him if he could tell me what had become of the Red-headed League.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
7  Holmes pushed open the door of the private bar and ordered two glasses of beer from the ruddy-faced, white-aproned landlord.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
8  Our landlord was an intelligent man, and spoke excellent English, having served for three years as waiter at the Grosvenor Hotel in London.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XII. The Adventure of The Final Problem
9  It bore the mark of the hotel which we had just left, and was addressed to me by the landlord.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XII. The Adventure of The Final Problem
10  I was in the bar, and a garrulous landlord was giving me all that I wanted.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
11  "Neither do I," said the morose landlord.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
12  The landlord pricked up his ears.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
13  The landlord gave a very visible start.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
14  Suddenly, however, we heard a step behind us, and there was the landlord, his heavy eyebrows drawn over his savage eyes, his swarthy features convulsed with passion.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
15  We did not go very far along the road, for Holmes stopped the instant that the curve hid us from the landlord's view.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
Example Sentence:
1  They took their landlord to court for breaking the contract.
2  The landlord had let the building fall into decay.
3  The pub is said to be haunted by the ghost of a former landlord.
4  I owe the landlord one hundred dollars.
5  The council brought pressure to bear on the landlord to improve his property.
6  The landlord gave notice of the termination of tenancy.
7  The house has an absentee landlord , who visits the property once a year.
8  Their landlord has threatened to send in the bailiffs if they don't pay their rent.
9  On the landlord's instructions, the barmaid refused to serve him.
10  My landlord is turning me out at the end of the month.
11  Such a worker bound in servitude to a landlord creditor.
12  The government dispossessed the landlords of their property.