maid

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All that survived intact of the family’s former treasures were the netsuke, which were smuggled out of the family’s mansion by a loyal maid and returned to the family after the war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Beetz stars as Asia, a young woman who turns up on the stoop of a high-end Manhattan apartment building, the Virgil, answering an ad for a maid job.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

McGonigal's character Hazel is a maid in the show, which can involve carrying "giant silver trays and baskets of sweet treats".

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

Whereas she named her Roomba “Rosie,” after the lovable robotic maid from “The Jetsons,” she calls the new one “HAL,” after the menacing, sentient computer in “2001: A Space Odyssey.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

There was suddenly a crash and a clatter of crockery which could only have meant that the tray the maid was carrying had fallen out of her hands.

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl