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

There she found the housemaid, Margaret, energetically polishing the already gleaming brass door handle.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood