milkmaid
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of milkmaid
Example Sentences
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The milkmaid with one jar on her head and another under her arm balances herself precariously, almost unnaturally.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Webster imagines her ancestor’s work as a milkmaid, the trial and her ultimate indenture on a plantation in Maryland where Molly met Bana’ka, the enslaved man who became the father of her children.
From Washington Post • Mar. 21, 2023
She’s a brainy brunette wallflower, a fraying nerve barely held together by tightly plaited milkmaid braids.
From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2022
The controls are fiddly, the platforming can get very confusing, and the game churns like an arthritic milkmaid whenever there’s more than two moving things on the screen.
From The Verge • Apr. 22, 2022
Lannisport was a milkmaid, fresh and earthy, with woodsmoke in her hair.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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