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Meanings of maid in English
Young girl or woman employed to do household work in the employer's home.
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Young girl or woman working in her employer's household or agriculture.
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Usage of maid in English
1
Burt said yes and he smild and that maid me feel good.
2
Being a maid however can also mean not having much legal protection.
3
Nancy ran for the maid; for tablets of aspirin; for wet handkerchiefs.
4
The cabinet ministers telephoned in vain; he was out, the maid said.
5
The maid brought in the coffee and went back to the kitchen.
6
The prisoners have maid-servants who go to and from market every day.
7
The chamber-maid of the young Countess saw the ring in your hand.
8
The maid announced Mr Tooke, of Crofton; and Mr Tooke walked in.
9
The maid has a week off to visit her family in Louisiana.
10
Here the maid came in with the plates to set the table.
11
The parlour-maid favoured the idea of hitting the prisoner with a broom-handle.
12
When Harold was in his bunk the little maid was brought in.
13
No chamber-pot in the room, owing to the negligence of the maid.
14
When the maid had left, we raised our glasses, and Nobu said:
15
I've carried that for years, love, as I sought my marrying maid.
16
But in the yellow sitting-room it was the mulatto maid who waited.
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Translations for maid
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Maid through the time
Maid across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common
Australia
Less common
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