housemaid
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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
“I suspect she may not be a very good housemaid; Mrs. Clarke is always scolding her about this and that. But when it comes to the well-being of the children: Yes, she is completely trustworthy.”
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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 is now a concerted push, for example, to send more Sri Lankans overseas to work as housemaids, drivers and mechanics in the Middle East, with those emigrants expected to send their earnings home.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 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
Like many housemaids in Indonesia, Supartini did not finish her basic education.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2021
I went upstairs again, to the privacy of my bedroom, but when I opened the door I found the housemaids in there doing the room; one was sweeping the floor, the other dusting the dressing-table.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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