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maid of all work
noun
- a maid who does all types of housework
- a general factotum
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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.
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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.
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She may be described as a black maid-of-all-work, but her chief occupation was the pounding of roasted coffee-beans.
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The man prevailed, and the maid-of-all-work grudgingly accepted the conditions of truce.
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More elaborate culinary accomplishments can rarely be looked for in a maid-of-all-work.
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