housemaid
Example Sentences
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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
The letter was one of several found addressed to Beatrice Stillman, the former head housemaid at Royal Lodge.
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
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
She was on cordial terms with Mrs. Clarke, the head housekeeper, and was equally fond of Margaret, the good-hearted and squeaky-voiced housemaid.
From "The Interrupted Tale" 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
The best-known example is probably Jo Baker’s 2013 novel, “Longbourn,” which chronicles the hard and often joyless life of Sarah, one of the Bennets’ housemaids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2023
About 268,000 Filipinos currently work in Kuwait, including many housemaids.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 28, 2023
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
There were matches upstairs in the bedroom, but I did not like to go for them because it would mean disturbing the housemaids at their work.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
