dragon lady

dragon lady
(often caps.) a woman of somewhat sinister glamour often perceived as wielding ruthless or corrupt power.
[after the villainous Oriental woman in the cartoon strip Terry and the Pirates (1934-1973) created by U.S. cartoonist Milton Caniff (born 1907)]

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