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housemaid

[haus-mayd] / ˈhaʊsˌmeɪd /




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Worse yet, hours after Felix’s departure, the Platters’ housemaid came down with the plague.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

Bids of up to £4,000 had been expected for the one-page note, which is addressed to the head housemaid at Royal Lodge in Windsor and includes drawings of dogs, horses and children.

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 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

Her father was a printer’s assistant and her mother worked as a housemaid, giving her the insights she needed to write “Upstairs, Downstairs.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2025

“There is a young housemaid named Margaret, one of the staff from Ashton Place who has accompanied the family to London. She is watching them during my absence.”

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

We see Hedwig having friends over for coffee and being unpleasant to her housemaids, while the children play upstairs.

From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2024

For these children, it’s hard to imagine a time when Wong, then the country’s most celebrated Asian American actress, was mostly relegated to playing villains or housemaids.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2022

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

Like Tom Stoppard’s minor “Hamlet” characters grabbing the spotlight in “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,” the housemaids are the stars here, portraying all the characters.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2021

I did not want the housemaids to know, if Clarice had not told them.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier


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