Meaning of scullery-maid | Babel Free

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Noun. [C1]

Examples

“Of course, it will be objected, in the case of the large and very large houses, that it has been customary to take the cooks and scullery-maids into the country for the summer months, and that, where the families adopt the central supply kitchen system, they will be cookless and scullery-maidless in their rural homes.”

““Ah then, you may be sure that when the scullery-maid was dancing, he observed her steps with the closest nicety;” said Lucio—“[…]He dabbled in hypnotic science when he was with me in India; I have often warned him of the danger there is in practising this force on the uninitiated. But—a scullery-maid!—heavens!—there are so many scullery-maids! One more or less with the ‘jumps’ will not matter.[…]””

““Not so much of your Ada! My name ain’t Ada,” she said, tilting up her nose. “I thought all scullery-maids were called Ada,” answered Reggie. “That shows what little you know about scullery-maids, mister, and you don’t know anything at all about me. I’m not a scullery-maid. I’m an under-housemaid.[…]””

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