housemaid
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housemaids
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Nerys Amber-Stocks, best known for appearing in Out There and Mammoth, joins the cast as Mary's housemaid Lucy.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
A red flag for sure, but it’s not long before Nina is practically loading a harpoon gun with red flags and firing them at her new housemaid, left and right.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2026
“The Housemaid”? I play the husband of a woman suffering from emotional issues who hires a housemaid to help out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
Her father was a printer’s assistant and her mother worked as a housemaid, giving her the insights she needed to write “Upstairs, Downstairs.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2025
“I suspect she may not be a very good housemaid; Mrs. Clarke is always scolding her about this and that. But when it comes to the well-being of the children: Yes, she is completely trustworthy.”
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
We see Hedwig having friends over for coffee and being unpleasant to her housemaids, while the children play upstairs.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2024
The best-known example is probably Jo Baker’s 2013 novel, “Longbourn,” which chronicles the hard and often joyless life of Sarah, one of the Bennets’ housemaids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2023
Saudi Arabia faces perennial labor shortages and may offer jobs to Thai factory, construction and shipyard workers, electricians and machine operators, petroleum and natural gas technicians, hotel and health personnel, cooks, and housemaids.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 25, 2022
They’re then forced to find work, frequently as housemaids, to support their children, Chitongo said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2022
If there had been housemaids here, during the morning, they had finished their work by now and gone downstairs.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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