housemaid

Example Sentences

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The letter was one of several found addressed to Beatrice Stillman, the former head housemaid at Royal Lodge.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

A red flag for sure, but it’s not long before Nina is practically loading a harpoon gun with red flags and firing them at her new housemaid, left and right.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026

“The Housemaid”? I play the husband of a woman suffering from emotional issues who hires a housemaid to help out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

Her father was a printer’s assistant and her mother worked as a housemaid, giving her the insights she needed to write “Upstairs, Downstairs.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2025

The jerfalcon, seeming to appreciate the display, roused his feathers heartily, like a housemaid shaking a mop out of the window.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White