When my mom got sick, she hired a maid to help her with the housework. From LearnThat.org.
The children ask their mother when "auntie" - what they called the maid, is coming back. From Wordnik.com. [justinker Diary Entry] Reference
Got my truck washed too in case they need it for some reason as the maid is always getting me to take her somewhere. From Wordnik.com. [A Baptism] Reference
Does Gregory think working as a maid is demeaning?. From Wordnik.com. [On Censorship « Tales from the Reading Room] Reference
Yes, "meter maid" is considered a derogatory term. From Wordnik.com. [How to get people to hate "green" (Jack Bog's Blog)] Reference
Bedouin maid (Aaliyah) 157 which he named El Houdej. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
"My general maid is sister to your second housemaid.". From Wordnik.com. [The Return of the Soldier] Reference
This is often called maid-and-butler dialogue, as in. From Wordnik.com. [BOOK VIEW CAFE BLOG » Writers on Writing: the Dreaded Data-Dump] Reference
And they said: Let us call the maid, and ask her will. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 01: Genesis The Challoner Revision] Reference
The longing of a Bedouin maid, whose folks are far away. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
The new "housemaid and lady's-maid" is to come on Tuesday. From Wordnik.com. [New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle] Reference
The longing of a Bedouin maid, whose folks are far away, iii. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
A "bachelor maid" is a very different thing from "an old maid.". From Wordnik.com. [Women and Economics: A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Evolution] Reference
"This little maid from the hills is willing to wed the prisoner.". From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Apple Tree] Reference
I called my maid, who woke her husband, and he went to open the door. From Wordnik.com. [My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt] Reference
‘Pray, let me call my maid,’ cried the taller of the young ladies. From Wordnik.com. [Little Dorrit] Reference
And then he called his maid which was named Fotis, and said, Carry this. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Asse] Reference
In Veracruz maid is usually "la sirvienta" and mop is to "pasar jerga". From Wordnik.com. [Need best word for "maid" and for "mop"] Reference
She called a maid and they cleared off two chairs -- she sat on the bed. From Wordnik.com. [Chateau and Country Life in France] Reference
We had a live-in maid/babysitter when our daughter was newborn to age four. From Wordnik.com. [Cost of Domestic Help] Reference
Carlile heard her call the maid from upstairs while he was talking to the girl. '. From Wordnik.com. [Hercule Poirot's Casebook]
My suggestion that I call my maid to help me out of my frock was not well received. From Wordnik.com. [The Curse of the Pharaohs]
On hearing the news, I was exceedingly distressed; then I called the maid Beatrice, a. From Wordnik.com. [Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini] Reference
Who having no external thing to lofe But the word maid, cheats the poor maid of that. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Shakespeare: Collated with the Oldest Copies, and Corrected] Reference
My maid is from Tabasco and whenever she goes home she brings back home made chocolate. From Wordnik.com. [Mexican Cookbooks] Reference
Our twice-weekly, half-day maid is trying to learn English while we try to learn Spanish. From Wordnik.com. [Learning Spanish] Reference
When the category was completed, however, she called the maid's attention to the omission. From Wordnik.com. [The Lion's Brood] Reference
And by the way, my maid comes from a poor family who couldn't afford to keep her in school. From Wordnik.com. [Get in on Life...] Reference
At four o'clock there were symptoms that alarmed me; I called the maid and sent for the doctor. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II] Reference
Little wonder that Elomire's maid is nearly mute; grotesque corruption can leave one speechless. From Wordnik.com. [Fern Siegel: Stage Door: La Bete, A Life in the Theater, Lady Rizo] Reference
I called the maid and told her to go to the Venetian consul's and get me some more Scopolo and Muscat. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova] Reference
The word maid was only just beginning to be used instead of servant; it generally meant an unmarried woman. From Wordnik.com. [The King's Daughters] Reference
And she called her maid, and going down into her house she took off her haircloth, and put away the garments of her widowhood. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 18: Judith The Challoner Revision] Reference
(For such was called the maid we just have named;). From Wordnik.com. [Tales and Novels of J. de La Fontaine — Volume 24] Reference
He would not call the maid; he said young things wanted plenty of sleep. From Wordnik.com. [An Autobiography] Reference
He went slowly, for he had eaten little that his maid might be the better fed, and he was very sad. From Wordnik.com. [Gathering of Brother Hilarius] Reference
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