cook-general
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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And, by the way, I'm greatly in need of a cook-general, if you happen to see one.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 22, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
She and a cook-general make up the establishment.
From Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement by Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir
With the assistance of the "cook-general" she made the beds, and dusted the rooms, and laid the table.
From A Woman's Burden by Hume, Fergus
A little while ago this praise would have made her glow sweetly, but now it tasted sour in her mouth; she did not particularly wish to be a magnificent cook-general, a magnificent charwoman.
From Married Life The True Romance by Edginton, May
In it were Mr. and Mrs. Railton-Rogers, seven little Rogerses, a nursemaid, and what is known in suburbia as a cook-general.
From Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle by Jenkins, Herbert George
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