Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A female servant, or maid-servant.

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Examples

  • 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.

    Travelling Light - review 2012

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    Johann Hari: The Dark Side Of Dubai 2009

  • I smile my polite servant-girl smile, but it doesnt matter, because no one sees me.

    The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009

  • I smile my polite servant-girl smile, but it doesnt matter, because no one sees me.

    The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009

  • I smile my polite servant-girl smile, but it doesnt matter, because no one sees me.

    The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009

  • I smile my polite servant-girl smile, but it doesnt matter, because no one sees me.

    The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009

  • And if he desired a servant-girl, her master had to give her to him.

    Archive 2008-03-23 papabear 2008

  • 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.

    Master Humphrey's Clock 2007

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