scullery
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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
Dunk and Egg’s camaraderie fits the same tradition, proposing scullery maids can become queens.
From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026
Back when we first went five years ago, there were two levels, one of which involved schlepping your own snacks from the lobby like a “Downton Abbey” scullery maid.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 9, 2023
A cruel stepmother reduces her dead husband’s only child to the role of scullery maid, but a kindly beggar woman and some helpful mice bring about a change in the young woman’s fortunes.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2019
“What does a rich young lady such as yourself want with the wee savings of a scullery maid?”
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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