单词 | house chambermaid |
释义 | > as lemmashouse chambermaid house chambermaid n. now rare (historical in later use) a female servant combining the functions of housemaid and chambermaid.Cf. house parlourmaid n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > maid or housemaid > housemaid with other duties house chambermaid1861 house waiting maid1863 house tablemaid1874 house parlourmaid1878 1861 Times 26 Mar. 15/5 (advt.) Chambermaid, or House Chambermaid in a first-class Hotel. Well experienced. 1910 A. E. H. Barr Reconstructed Marriage vii. 177 ‘The girl is not only a nurse, she attends to our rooms also.’ ‘The house chambermaid could do that.’ 2009 Publishers Weekly Rev. (Nexis) 28 Sept. 45 Elderly Tita, a dotty woman constantly causing trouble for her harried granddaughter Thilde, the house chambermaid. < as lemmas |
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