servant girl
collocation in Englishmeaningsofservantandgirl
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servant
noun
uk/ˈsɜː.vənt/us/ˈsɝː.vənt/
a person who is employed in another person's house, doing jobs such as cooking and cleaning, especially in ...
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girl
noun
uk/ɡɜːl/us/ɡɝːl/
a female child or young woman, especially one still ...
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(Definition ofservantandgirlfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In other words he has a previous knowledge of mesmerism acquired independently from theservantgirl.
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He even temporarily demanded to keep a baby whom aservantgirlclaimed was his.
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This is about the convergence of new technology with speechless object, screamingservantgirl, irreproducibly reproduced and reproductive singer, the pregnant, material individual and her event.
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They remind me of the story of theservantgirl.
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Let us go back to thatservantgirl.
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This is, as theservantgirlsaid, only a little one.
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Take the case of theservantgirlwho is injured in the street by an omnibus.
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Theservantgirlof a relative of mine deliberately went out of employment and has had the unemployed donation.
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The gossip of thisservantgirlhas been borne out in a court of law.
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There was as much justice in touching them as theservantgirl.
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I have a case within my own knowledge of aservantgirlwhose eyes were inflamed, and unfortunately in their treatment difficulties arose.
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It is a sworn statement from aservantgirl.
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It is the excuse of theservantgirlthat, after all, the baby was only a little one.
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That seems to me to be hard measure when you think of the poorservantgirlor the poor governess.
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That means something different from the casual daughter, who has no authority of any kind to acknowledge that letter, or the employer, or theservantgirl.
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Are these girls not as much entitled to ask their employer for a character as the employers are entitled to ask theservantgirlfor references as to her character!
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If you sentence aservantgirl, who does not pull down a blind, to a fine of £10, she has to go to prison, and the evil done is great.
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They have practically nobody but aservantgirland a boy, who live in and get board and lodgings just as servant girls in the ordinary course.
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The only other person who was injured was aservantgirl, who died.
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