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kitchenmaid

American  
[kich-uhn-meyd] / ˈkɪtʃ ənˌmeɪd /

noun

  1. a female servant who assists the cook.


Etymology

Origin of kitchenmaid

First recorded in 1540–50; kitchen + maid

Example Sentences

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Mairead lived with her puttering old father and a slatternly kitchenmaid on a broken-down Irish farm.

From Time Magazine Archive

The unicorn went up to Meg the kitchenmaid, and bowed his head in front of her.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

She could smile when Tappitt was offensive; she could smile again when Mrs. Tappitt talked like a kitchenmaid.

From Rachel Ray by Anthony Trollope

That kitchenmaid was right, I'll be bound, as to its being Mr. Rupert in his passion.

From Trevlyn Hold by Mrs. Henry Wood

The kitchenmaid was a girl of some spirit She felt inclined to cry, but she pulled herself together and snorted instead.

From Our Casualty, and Other Stories 1918 by George A. Birmingham

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