hired girl
Example Sentences
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She had little formal schooling, and at age 12 was sent out to be a hired girl, never to return home—or stop working—again.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
Bloom’s Hick has innate sympathy for the White House staff: “I have to laugh at my inner hired girl, always looking for a soft moment with The Family.”
From New York Times ● May 15, 2018
The hired girl could manage fairly well on plain things, but for one young St. Louis bride that was not enough.
From Time Magazine Archive
Maytag, a leading maker of home appliances, dubbed its first wringer "the hired girl" and cranked out some 2,000 machines a day during the peak production year of 1948.
From Time Magazine Archive
She still had her hired girl and plenty to eat.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
