maid of all work

British  

noun

1. a maid who does all types of housework

2. a general factotum

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Example Sentences

The Sea-Maiden landed at Norfolk in Virginia, and Essie’s indenture was bought by a “small planter,” a tobacco farmer named John Richardson, for his wife had died of the childbirth fever a week after giving birth to his daughter, and he had need of a wet-nurse and a maid of all work upon his smallholding.

From Literature

The magazine also includes work by six of his ten siblings and an advertisement for a “maid of all work” from a contributor identified as “L.L.”

From Time

According to the Victorian author Mrs Beeton, in The Book of Household Management, the maid of all work was to be pitied.

From BBC

The general servant or maid of all work is perhaps the only one of her class deserving of commiseration.

From BBC

Employing a servant was a sign of respectability, but for the lower middle class, where money was tighter, they could only afford one servant - the maid of all work.

From BBC