nurserymaid
Example Sentences
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Then I remembered that the dead nurserymaid was French.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
What a pity, that instead of a princess in distress we meet only a nurserymaid!
From Henrietta Temple A Love Story by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
Our nurserymaid, a hizzie from the Upper Ward of Lanarkshire, was a confirmed and noted believer in dreams, omens, tatie-bogles, and sundry other kinds of apparitions.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 by Various
It is not to be supposed that Gertrude watched all this with no thought beyond the little nurserymaid.
From Christie Redfern's Troubles by Lintott, Edward Barnard
It was somewhat comical to watch him eyeing a stout young nurserymaid, who had brought a plump baby with her.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, April 12, 1890 by Various
