How to use "proprietor" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "proprietor" in popular movie and book plots

  • In the city she meets Mrs Proust, the proprietor of Boffo's joke shop, where many witches buy their stereotypical witch accoutrements.  - I Shall Wear Midnight
  • Also, the fictional tabloid whose proprietor and staff are described in the book is called The Daily Legion.  - My Name Is Legion (novel)
  • Jones was the proprietor of the hotel at which Hansen decided to stay during her time in Dallas.  - Free, White and 21
  • A young African American orphan (Mario Van Peebles) is taken in by the proprietor of a Los Angeles brothel in the 1940s.  - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
  • The proprietor of the Alpha Inn informs them that the goose was purchased from a dealer in Convent Garden.  - The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
  • Jill, a young dancer, arrives in London with a letter of introduction to mr Hamilton, proprietor of the Pleasure Garden Theatre.  - The Pleasure Garden (film)
  • The cranky postmaster, mr Crisp, orders the player to deliver an important envelope to the proprietor of Ye Olde Magick Shoppe.  - Wishbringer
  • While the proprietor is looking in a backroom, he hears Louis's muffled cries for help.  - À Nous la Liberté
  • Before they can exit the building, however, the proprietor sets off his alarm.  - Kiss of Death (1947 film)
  • Ebenezer Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson), the Victorian proprietor of a "moustache shop", is the nicest man in England.  - Blackadder's Christmas Carol
  • He also reluctantly accepts, as a confidant, the proprietor of Chez Moustache, a man known only as "Moustache".  - Irma la Douce
  • The gang deliver the dagger to Joseph, proprietor of the traveling fair display, who will smuggle it out of the country.  - Topkapi (film)
  • The proprietor of the ride becomes suspicious that Joey is a runaway.  - Little Fugitive
  • In December 1941, American expatriate Rick Blaine is the proprietor of an upscale nightclub and gambling den in Casablanca.  - Casablanca (film)
  • They stop at a gas station to refuel, but the proprietor (Jim Siedow) tells them that the pumps are empty.  - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
  • The woman is married to the son of a doctor, the proprietor of a private sanatorium, where she is under unwilling treatment.  - Scared to Death

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