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Definition of scullery maid in English: scullery maidnoun historical A female domestic servant responsible for washing dishes and doing other menial household chores. we could do with a scullery maid to scour the dirtiest pots Example sentencesExamples - Lady Montcliffe had two scullery maids who worked for her.
- There's also an old scullery maid who, despite the fact that she's been complicit in the dirty deeds, is still concerned for the well-being of everyone around her.
- There is a grouse plucking scene in the kitchen, in which the cook and two scullery maids are tearing at the birds as if they have lost their minds.
- I'm fairly sure that a scullery maid wouldn't have a chance in the world of discovering the kind of information we need.
- She was an unselfish creature, he noted, up a full hour before the scullery maid, helping her with her work so that she might sleep in.
- Pity poor Lucy, the scullery maid, who makes the mistake of arriving at the front door of Manderston.
- She's in the kitchen; she's a scullery maid, and the best one ever seen, that's certain.
- The scullery maids and female staff curtsied and then departed.
- Mary, the scullery maid, leaned out the kitchen door cautiously.
- He could have asked them about their situation then and there, but that would not have the same effect as already knowing that the eldest daughter of the family was a scullery maid in service at the great house.
Definition of scullery maid in US English: scullery maidnoun historical A female domestic servant responsible for washing dishes and doing other household work. we could do with a scullery maid to scour the dirtiest pots Example sentencesExamples - He could have asked them about their situation then and there, but that would not have the same effect as already knowing that the eldest daughter of the family was a scullery maid in service at the great house.
- Pity poor Lucy, the scullery maid, who makes the mistake of arriving at the front door of Manderston.
- The scullery maids and female staff curtsied and then departed.
- I'm fairly sure that a scullery maid wouldn't have a chance in the world of discovering the kind of information we need.
- She was an unselfish creature, he noted, up a full hour before the scullery maid, helping her with her work so that she might sleep in.
- There's also an old scullery maid who, despite the fact that she's been complicit in the dirty deeds, is still concerned for the well-being of everyone around her.
- Lady Montcliffe had two scullery maids who worked for her.
- Mary, the scullery maid, leaned out the kitchen door cautiously.
- She's in the kitchen; she's a scullery maid, and the best one ever seen, that's certain.
- There is a grouse plucking scene in the kitchen, in which the cook and two scullery maids are tearing at the birds as if they have lost their minds.
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