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maid of all work

noun

  1. a maid who does all types of housework
  2. a general factotum
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

If she is the maid-of-all-work, she will have the two days left from the laundry and sweeping in which to do them and many others.

I was giving my baby an airing in the garden when a call from the maid-of-all-work sent me hurrying into the backyard.

She may be described as a black maid-of-all-work, but her chief occupation was the pounding of roasted coffee-beans.

The man prevailed, and the maid-of-all-work grudgingly accepted the conditions of truce.

More elaborate culinary accomplishments can rarely be looked for in a maid-of-all-work.

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