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
The feud had arisen because of Mary, their hired girl, who, failing Fergus, had gone a-loving elsewhere.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
“I figured on getting back and getting the hired girl with the hearse, but he beat me,” the Big Hill undertaker said.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
