housemaid
Americannoun
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housemaids
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noun
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The letter was one of several found addressed to Beatrice Stillman, the former head housemaid at Royal Lodge.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 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
Marsh played a housemaid on the worldwide hit set in Edwardian London.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2025
There she found the housemaid, Margaret, energetically polishing the already gleaming brass door handle.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
You encounter them everywhere in Cairo - as workers in supermarkets or small grocery shops, as housemaids or as staff in restaurants.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2023
About 268,000 Filipinos currently work in Kuwait, including many housemaids.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 28, 2023
For these children, it’s hard to imagine a time when Wong, then the country’s most celebrated Asian American actress, was mostly relegated to playing villains or housemaids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2022
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
One of the housemaids began shutting windows in the rooms upstairs.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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