maid

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"It'd be nice for me to do something completely different. I'd love to do a comedy or I'd like to be a scullery maid in the kitchens in a period drama."

From BBC • Mar. 2, 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

I sent the maid of honor a picture of me in the dress months ago and she said it was fine.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 8, 2025

He’s a good pick to direct this adaptation of Freida McFadden’s dark and pleasingly pulpy bestseller about a maid who moves into a family’s posh home and makes a major mess.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025

In the hallway, near a bank of windows, a pretty maid washed the glass squares before falling forward into nothing.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland