Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A maid-servant.

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Examples

  • A big Flemish servant-maid placed his knife and fork in all haste; he looked at the girl with a sensation of comfort.

    Les Miserables 2008

  • In the mean time a person gave a letter to the servant-maid for old Dr Campian, which she delivered immediately; and when

    Thunk 2008

  • One day, there was brought to him in a basket, as though it had been a basket of oysters, a stout, newly born boy, who was yelling like the deuce, and duly wrapped in swaddling-clothes, which a servant-maid, dismissed six months previously, attributed to him.

    Les Miserables 2008

  • In the mean time a person gave a letter to the servant-maid for old Dr Campian, which she delivered immediately; and when

    The Little Professor: 2008

  • The sound brought out a hurrying servant-maid; who, when informed that I wished to speak to Mme. la Comtesse, waved a hand towards the masses of trees in the English park which wound about the chateau with “Madame is out there — —”

    The Message 2007

  • The sound brought out a hurrying servant-maid; who, when informed that I wished to speak to Mme. la Comtesse, waved a hand towards the masses of trees in the English park which wound about the chateau with “Madame is out there — —”

    The Message 2007

  • After several years, this brave and lovely servant-maid was married to the landlord of a country Inn; which landlord had this remarkable characteristic, that he always wore a silk nightcap, and never would on any consideration take it off.

    The Holly-Tree 2007

  • After several years, this brave and lovely servant-maid was married to the landlord of a country Inn; which landlord had this remarkable characteristic, that he always wore a silk nightcap, and never would on any consideration take it off.

    The Holly-Tree 2007

  • Anais, or Nais, as she was called must otherwise have been left to herself, or, worse still, to some coarse-minded servant-maid.

    Two Poets 2007

  • Anais, or Nais, as she was called must otherwise have been left to herself, or, worse still, to some coarse-minded servant-maid.

    Two Poets 2007

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