housemaid

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A female domestic worker responsible for cleaning a house.

   With a dramatic gesture, he pointed to a large splash of candle grease on the floor by the writing-table. "It must have been done since yesterday, otherwise a good housemaid would have at once removed it with blotting-paper and a hot iron. […]”.

2. 2
   verb

   To clean, as a housemaid.

   Giving that up, she took a broom and a duster and went upstairs to housemaid Mrs Dibble's bedroom, with her head tied up in a coloured scarf. It was a dusty, snuffy job, for penuriousness in Mrs Dibble refused to throw anything away, including dirt, and if anything fell on the floor it remained there.

3. 3
   noun

   a female domestic

4. 4
   noun

   A housewife.

From house + maid.

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