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

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

“Many people think it is an odd that a housemaid is contesting for legislator,” Rahayu said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2024

She paused, not knowing how to say, then, that she wished therefore to become once more a housemaid in Mistress Cutler’s Tavern.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson