kitchen wenchn.
/ˈkɪtʃ(ᵻ)n wɛn(t)ʃ/, U.S. /ˈkɪtʃ(ə)n ˌwɛn(t)ʃ/ Chiefly depreciative. Now archaic or historical.
A female servant (esp. a girl or young woman) employed to do menial tasks in a kitchen. Cf. kitchen knave n., scullion n.Often as the type of a woman of low rank or class.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > service in kitchen > [noun] > kitchen servant
squiller1303
waynpainc1330
kitchener1332
custronc1400
kitchen knave1440
scullion1483
scudler1488
swiller?a1500
dishwashera1529
lubber1538
kitchen maid1551
kitchen wencha1556
scull1566
washpot1570
kitchen stuff1582
scrape-trencher1603
kitchenist?1617
trencher-scraper1650
mediastine1658
drudge-pudding1737
marmiton1754
knife-boy1847
potwalloper1859
kitchen mechanic1861
society > authority > subjection > service > servant > types of servant > [noun] > menial servant or drudge
drivelc1225
meniala1387
druggarc1500
drudgea1513
kitchen wencha1556
coal carrier1567
droy1570
packhorse?1577
droil1579
blue coat1583
sumpter1587
mill-horse1602
subsizar1602
jackal1649
mediastine1658
slut1664
hack1699
scrub1709
Gibeonite1798
the lion's provider1808
slush1825
Slave of the Lampc1840
runabout1893
lobby-gow1906
squidge1907
dogsbody1922
legman1939
shit-kicker1950
a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) i. iv. sig. Cij The worst kitchen wench shall goe in ladies rayment.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iii. ii. 96 She's the Kitchin wench, & al grease. View more context for this quotation
1722 New-Eng. Courant 13–20 Aug. 1/2 The scandalous and Monstrous Fashion of Hoop-Petticoats, which are worn by all our Females (from the best Lady to the poorest Kitchen-Wench).
1840 R. H. Barham Ghost in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 97 His wife would..strike with all her might, As fast as kitchen wenches strike a light.
1969 Examiner (Independence, Missouri) 26 Apr. 5 a/1 Another excellent performance is given by Maura K. Wedge as Aldonza, a kitchen wench of low morals.
2018 @itsmeshaunae 23 Nov. in twitter.com (accessed 21 Aug. 2019) Sir I'm a modern woman, not your kitchen wench okay. Fuckin say thank you, you goddamned pig.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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