abigail

Example Sentences

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Her abigail reported that Mrs. Gutheridge had a set of night curls for sleeping in.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

The abigail carried the letter to the boy, and the boy departed, very well pleased to get clear of the castle without having received any further reproof.

From Run to Earth A Novel by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

I have prepared, however, another carriage for the abigail, and all the trumpery which our wives drag along with them.

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas

It is customarily asserted that abigail, as a cant term for a waiting-maid, only arose after Abigail Hill, the Duchess of Marlborough’s cousin, became waiting-woman to the queen, and supplanted her kinswoman.

From Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature by Bardsley, Charles W.

I could not believe the missive was intended for me; and I asked the abigail who had delivered it if she was not mistaken in the recipient.

From The Merrie Tales of Jacques Tournebroche And Child Life in Town and Country by Allinson, A. R. (Alfred Richard)