housemaid
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The one-page note, addressed to the head housemaid at Royal Lodge in Windsor, includes drawings of dogs, horses and young children and asks if "the birds are well, and the goldfish haven't died".
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
A red flag for sure, but it’s not long before Nina is practically loading a harpoon gun with red flags and firing them at her new housemaid, left and right.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2026
“The Housemaid”? I play the husband of a woman suffering from emotional issues who hires a housemaid to help out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
She works as a housemaid in downtown and uses public transport daily.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2023
She’s sending you to be a miller’s boy and me to housemaid.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
Saudi Arabia faces perennial labor shortages and may offer jobs to Thai factory, construction and shipyard workers, electricians and machine operators, petroleum and natural gas technicians, hotel and health personnel, cooks, and housemaids.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 25, 2022
She cooked, learning techniques from her housemaids, and studied Spanish.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 24, 2022
There is now a concerted push, for example, to send more Sri Lankans overseas to work as housemaids, drivers and mechanics in the Middle East, with those emigrants expected to send their earnings home.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2022
Like many housemaids in Indonesia, Supartini did not finish her basic education.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2021
He didn’t mix with the more bothersome element on the plantation, and she knew that he sometimes went off with Frances, one of the housemaids.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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