lady's maid

Definitions

A female servant employed by an upper-class woman to attend to her personal needs.

Equivalents

Examples

“A pretty Girl, the Lady’s Maid, Who all her Dress in Order⟳ Laid, Behind her Mistress simp’ring stood, And rais’d the youthful ’Squires Blood.”

“He stopped, ran his eye over my dress, which, as usual, was quite simple: a black merino cloak, a black beaver bonnet; neither of them half fine enough for a lady’s-maid.”

“[…] the servant, a neat, plain woman, with a French face⟳ and a lady’s maid’s manner, ushered him into a diminutive drawing-room and requested the favour of his name⟳.”

“The cat is the offspring of a cat and the dog of a dog, but butlers and lady’s maids do not reproduce⟳ their kind. They have⟳ other duties.”

“A first class lady’s maid is required to be a hairdresser, a good packer and an expert needlewoman. Her first duty is to keep⟳ her lady's clothes in order⟳ and to help⟳ her dress, and undress.”

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