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In some senses, housemaid is marked as derogatory. Watch for register when choosing this word.
housemaid
/ˈhaʊsˌmeɪd/
verb 3noun 2
Collocations
3ADJ.
good, upstairs
VERB + HOUSEMAID
became, said, went
HOUSEMAID + NOUN
bedroom, dibble's, mrs
Definitions
noun
1
A female domestic worker responsible for cleaning a house.
With a dramatic gesture, he pointed to a large splash of candle grease on the floor by the writing-table. "It must have been done since yesterday, otherwise a good housemaid would have at once removed it with blotting-paper and a hot iron. […]”
2
A housewife.
verb
1
To be a housemaid.
2
To wait on someone hand on foot, to watch them.
3
To clean, as a housemaid.
Giving that up, she took a broom and a duster and went upstairs to housemaid Mrs Dibble's bedroom, with her head tied up in a coloured scarf. It was a dusty, snuffy job, for penuriousness in Mrs Dibble refused to throw anything away, including dirt, and if anything fell on the floor it remained there.
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With a dramatic gesture, he pointed to a large splash of candle grease on the floor by the writing-table. "It must have been done since yesterday, otherwise a good housemaid would have at once removed
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Giving that up, she took a broom and a duster and went upstairs to housemaid Mrs Dibble's bedroom, with her head tied up in a coloured scarf. It was a dusty, snuffy job, for penuriousness in Mrs Dibbl
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That's what I call a self-evident proposition, as the dog's-meat man said, when the housemaid told him he warn't a gentleman.
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Rima is a housemaid.
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Rima became a housemaid.
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Mary is a housemaid.
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