valet
noun
a male servant who attends to the personal needs of his male employer, as by taking care of clothing or the like; manservant.
had been valeting
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past perfect progressiveof valet.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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I supposed that while he had been valeting old Worplesdon she must have trodden on his toes in some way.
From A Wodehouse Miscellany Articles & Stories by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
