A pretty country girl; a female sweetheart. Also (after Milton: see quot. 1645): a pretty or dexterous female servant.
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释义 | the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [noun] > server of food > as servant > woman (6) Phillis1589 A pretty country girl; a female sweetheart. Also (after Milton: see quot. 1645): a pretty or dexterous female servant. Hebe1606 The goddess of youth and spring, represented as having been originally the cup-bearer of Olympus… A waitress, a barmaid. table maid1828 a female domestic servant who lays the table and waits at meals. parlourmaid1836 A female domestic servant, esp. one who waits at table. parlour girl1858 (originally) a parlourmaid; (later) a prostitute. waitress1875 Chiefly U.S. A female servant in a private house whose duty is to wait upon those at table (cf. waiter, n. 7c); in extended use, a housemaid. |
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