kitchen maid
collocation in Englishmeaningsofkitchenandmaid
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kitchen
noun[C]
uk/ˈkɪtʃ.ən/us/ˈkɪtʃ.ən/
a room where food is kept, prepared, and cooked and where the dishes ...
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maid
noun[C]
uk/meɪd/us/meɪd/
a woman who works as a servant in a hotel or in ...
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(Definition ofkitchenandmaidfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The employee might even be akitchenmaidfrom some other country.
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He was asked what in his view was most labour-saving, and he said "akitchenmaid".
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Prelate that you cannot get akitchenmaidor a servant of that description for love or money?
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Now thekitchenmaidhas disappeared from the upper middle class—the lower middle class only had "skivvies"—and the upper middle class is therefore very much hurt.
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The scullery maid reported (through thekitchenmaid) to the cook or chef.
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Her lodgings have been destroyed along with all her possessions, and she decides to become thekitchenmaidagain.
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In the hierarchy of domestic service, a cook usually earned her position through apprenticeship, perhaps beginning in service as akitchenmaid.
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When the king's son tried it on women, a bird sang that it was not that one but thekitchenmaid.
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The family had a butler, cook, footman, two housemaids, akitchenmaidand a lady's maid.
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An experiencedkitchenmaidis an assistant cook; the position may be compared to that of a line cook in a professional kitchen.
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The hospital staff included both male and female attendants, a housekeeper, cook, laundress, housemaid,kitchenmaid, porter, baker, engineer and stoker.
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In 1871, there were two governesses, a cook, and a housemaid, and, in 1881, a governess, a cook, akitchenmaid, and a housemaid.
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That is true from consultants down to kitchen maids.
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He also collected hundreds of photographs of female mine workers, kitchen maids, milkmaids, charwomen, acrobats and so on.
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Then, in diminishing order of importance, came two assistant chefs, eight kitchen maids, six scullery maids, six scourers, and finally the four apprentices.
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He is considered a master of still life, and is also noted for his genre paintings which depict kitchen maids, children, and domestic activities.
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