Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A female servant, or maid-servant.
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Examples
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Financed by a Tolstoyan timber-merchant, Jacob, and inspired by an adored servant-girl, Anna, Motl discovers the possibilities of close-ups, cutting and montage.
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The servant-girl Perulan had mentioned a moment before entered, carrying a large china tureen of soup, and for a while there was silence while Kellen satisfied the hunger honed by several bells of hard labor.
Tran Siberian Michael J. Solender 2010
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Biddy Early told me herself that where she got it was, when she was a servant-girl in a house, there was a baby lying in the cradle, and he went on living for a few years.
Later Articles and Reviews W.B. Yeats 2000
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The maids used to be predominantly Filipino, but with the credit crunch, Filipinos have been judged to be too expensive, so a nice Ethiopian servant-girl is the latest trendy acquisition.
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I smile my polite servant-girl smile, but it doesnt matter, because no one sees me.
The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009
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I smile my polite servant-girl smile, but it doesnt matter, because no one sees me.
The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009
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I smile my polite servant-girl smile, but it doesnt matter, because no one sees me.
The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009
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I smile my polite servant-girl smile, but it doesnt matter, because no one sees me.
The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009
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And if he desired a servant-girl, her master had to give her to him.
Archive 2008-03-23 papabear 2008
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Miss Benton (my housekeeper bears that name) was in a state of great expectation, too, frequently going to the front door and looking anxiously down the lane, and more than once observing to the servant-girl that she expected company, and hoped no accident had happened to delay them.
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