waiting maid
Example Sentences
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Then she cried on her waiting maid, Aye ready at her ca';50 "There is a knight into my bower, 'Tis time he were awa."
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
Her door was opened for me by old Elizabeth, Peter Embden’s sister, who, I remembered, had been Francezka’s waiting maid long ago on that journey from Königsberg.
From Francezka by Seawell, Molly Elliot
Then a ready misgiving crossed his mind, and, turning to the waiting maid, he asked, "Does he seem to be a book-canvasser?"
From Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time by Machar, Agnes Maule
"Only think, after the pious waiting maid of the Lady Uta of Trasp, our noble foundress."
From The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister by Hillern, Wilhelmine von
Well," said the loquacious waiting maid, "what shall I do to divert you, lady?
From Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. by Trueba y Cosío, Joaquín Telesforo de
