meter maid

No wonder that of all the Bradys, it is the quintessential old maid who we miss the most.

Finding him awake, he sat by his side and, with the earnestness of a nursery-maid, patted him off to slumber.

Why, he ordered his chamber-maid to bring him some soap and warm water, that he might wash the sour krout off his hands.

A trim maid then brought in the tea equipage, and Georgie did the honours with her usual unaffected grace.

When I am an old maid I am going to mount the platform and preach the training of the voice in childhood.

And Mrs. Haggard, after attempting to soothe the wounded feelings of her maid, directed her to accompany them.