scullery
Example Sentences
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"It'd be nice for me to do something completely different. I'd love to do a comedy or I'd like to be a scullery maid in the kitchens in a period drama."
From BBC
Dunk and Egg’s camaraderie fits the same tradition, proposing scullery maids can become queens.
From Salon
“One could hardly fashion a disguise for a scullery maid or a stowaway out of these elegant fabrics. But for my purposes, they ought to do quite well.”
From Literature
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Finally she reached the bottommost floor, which was the domain of the cook, the scullery maids, and the laundresses.
From Literature
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The sloth’s nubbly nylon “fur” does the scrubbing, its front paws grasp a handy hanging cord and a wan, stitched-in half smile serves as a reminder that the scullery duty is only temporary.
From Los Angeles Times
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