hired girl
Example Sentences
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She had little formal schooling, and at age 12 was sent out to be a hired girl, never to return home—or stop working—again.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Bloom’s Hick has innate sympathy for the White House staff: “I have to laugh at my inner hired girl, always looking for a soft moment with The Family.”
From New York Times • May 15, 2018
When twelve years of age," she recalls, "I left home to earn my own living as what then was called a hired girl.
From Time Magazine Archive
She never went beyond the "sixth reader" in school; instead, at the age of twelve, she left home to become a hired girl.
From Time Magazine Archive
A hired girl remembered that she’d not only heard knocking in the bedroom; she’d fallen into the holes that she said Mr. Bell dug in the cellar.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
