housemaid
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The one-page note, addressed to the head housemaid at Royal Lodge in Windsor, includes drawings of dogs, horses and young children and asks if "the birds are well, and the goldfish haven't died".
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
“Many people think it is an odd that a housemaid is contesting for legislator,” Rahayu said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
She paused, not knowing how to say, then, that she wished therefore to become once more a housemaid in Mistress Cutler’s Tavern.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
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
She cooked, learning techniques from her housemaids, and studied Spanish.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 24, 2022
There is now a concerted push, for example, to send more Sri Lankans overseas to work as housemaids, drivers and mechanics in the Middle East, with those emigrants expected to send their earnings home.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2022
Nor was she supervising the housemaids as they dusted knickknacks in the parlor.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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