Meaning of milk-maid | Babel Free

Definitions

Archaic form of milkmaid.

alt-of, archaic

Examples

“[…] my accuſing him of carterly deriſions and milk-maids girds, as, Good beare bite⟳ not, A man’s a man thogh he hath but a hoſe on his head.”

“Do you remember⟳ old Izaak Walton’s account of the milk-maid with her merry songs? How he asked her to sing⟳ to him. “What song was it?” she inquired. “I pray—was it ‘Come⟳, shepherds, deck your heads’; or ‘As at noon Dulcina rested’; or ‘Philida flouts me’; or ‘Chevy Chace’; or ‘Johnny Armstrong’; or ‘Troy Town’?” The memories of the ancient milk-maids were storehouses of delightful old English ballads; now the only persons who know⟳ any are ancient silver-headed topers in taverns.”

“But the pretty milk-maid was much too vexed to make⟳ any answer⟳. She picked up the leg sulkily and led her cow away, the poor animal limping on three legs. As she left them the milk-maid cast⟳ many reproachful glances over her shoulder at the clumsy strangers, holding her nicked elbow close⟳ to her side.”

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