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Chimera, waitingwoman to Lauretta, and Stratilia appertaining to Fiammetta, shall have the charge and governement of the Ladies Chambers, and preparing all places where we shall be present.
The Decameron 2004
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Lad come abroad with his beasts, by whom she might send for her waitingwoman.
The Decameron 2004
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Yes, maam, replied the trusty waitingwoman, I will take my oath I heard my master say so.
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Mrs. Seagrim, the wife of a gamekeeper, and Mrs. Honour, a waitingwoman, boast of their descent from clergymen, "It is to be hoped," says
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829
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