milkmaid
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of milkmaid
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In a typical scene, Miss Holland, played by Van der Velden with milkmaid braids and hairy armpits, chokes on the aerosol of a spray tan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2025
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
It is not known who the woman was, but her dress and the butter churn, suggest she was a servant, possibly a milkmaid.
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2021
She made two plaits on either side, milkmaid braids is what she calls them.
From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon
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