| 释义 |
† ˈwashmaid Obs.
[f. wash v.]
A maid-servant employed in washing clothes.
c1610Lady Compton in Grose Antiq. Rep. (1808) III. 438 Not pestering my Things with my Womens, nor theirs with Chambermaids, nor theirs with Washmaids. 1673Rutland MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm. 1905) IV. 550 To my Lady's washmayd, 1 ginny. 1682Shadwell Lanc. Witches ii. i. 17 My Woman-Chambermaid, Wash-maid, Cook-Maid, &c. |