abigail

Example Sentences

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Yes, that's just like it," said the insolent abigail; "nothing ever can content some people.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various

At last she ventured to consult her confidential abigail, Sarah.

From Dilemmas of Pride, (Vol 2 of 3) by Loudon, Margracia

On the left is the cunning abigail, who supplanted the duchess in the favour of Queen Anne—Mrs. Masham.

From Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)

"The two yaller pullets have slipped you; the abigail mizzled to the funeral with your niece, and t'other dell must have smelt us, and hopped the twig."

From The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times by Townsend, George Alfred

The heart of the abigail gave such a leap that she staggered and would have fallen but for Alga�'s sustaining hand.

From The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis