Meaning of woman servant | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“[…] they learned that all the domeſtics had appeared; and the women ſervants, began to be very eloquent in praiſe of D’Alonville, to whom they declared the preſervation of the family had been entirely owing; […]”

“But two cheerful women servants appeared from what was presumably the kitchen direction, wheeling a curious wicker erection, which his small guide informed him was called Aunt Clatter—manifestly deservedly—and which bore on its shelves the substance of the meal.”

“It was no longer acceptable for employers to beat servants, but some pushed woman servants around or boxed their ears or scolded them humiliatingly, calling them “silly girl,” “lazybones,” or “blockhead.””

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