parlormaid
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of parlormaid
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Marsh played Rose Buck, the head parlormaid in the Bellamy home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2025
Below stairs their butler, Bridges, is finding fault with the parlormaid, Mrs. Bridges.
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When a Japanese artist bedded with a humble parlormaid in the early part of Queen Victoria's reign, the auspicious result was Japan's greatest politico-financier, His Excellency Korekiyo Takahashi.
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Shakespeare uses it and my parlormaid uses it, and an idiom which Shakespeare and my parlormaid use is good enough for me.
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The appearance of the tea-tray and the parlormaid absolved Mary from the embarrassing compulsion to reply.
From The Three Sisters by May Sinclair
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