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kitchenmaid

American  
[kich-uhn-mayd] / 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

"Let's hope that Mrs. Moroney will discover a kitchenmaid or two, and that they will induce her to overlook our other shortcomings."

From Captain Jim by Mary Grant Bruce

Mrs. O'Halloran took her own way of impressing this on the kitchenmaid.

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

And I want to go as kitchenmaid to the palace.

From The Magic World by H. R. (Harold Robert) Millar

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