parlormaid
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of parlormaid
Example Sentences
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Marsh played Rose Buck, the head parlormaid in the Bellamy home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2025
Last to fall was the parlormaid, who shielded herself with the jewel-packed pillow, ran screaming back & forth.
From Time Magazine Archive
Shakespeare uses it and my parlormaid uses it, and an idiom which Shakespeare and my parlormaid use is good enough for me.
From Time Magazine Archive
A little, brown-eyed, onetime parlormaid was making Englishmen sit up & take notice last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Will you walk into the study, please, sir," said the parlormaid.
From The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage by Shaw, Bernard
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