housemaid

We are introduced to a former housemaid, who, before being diagnosed as insane, was “up before dawn with scuttle bucket and shovel, home in the dark to the thatch dripping soot.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

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

Marsh played a housemaid on the worldwide hit set in Edwardian London.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2025

“Begging your pardon, ma’am,” returned the housemaid, “I should wish to speak at once, and to speak to master.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

You encounter them everywhere in Cairo - as workers in supermarkets or small grocery shops, as housemaids or as staff in restaurants.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2023

For these children, it’s hard to imagine a time when Wong, then the country’s most celebrated Asian American actress, was mostly relegated to playing villains or housemaids.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2022

Saudi Arabia faces perennial labor shortages and may offer jobs to Thai factory, construction and shipyard workers, electricians and machine operators, petroleum and natural gas technicians, hotel and health personnel, cooks, and housemaids.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 25, 2022

They’re then forced to find work, frequently as housemaids, to support their children, Chitongo said.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2022

There were matches upstairs in the bedroom, but I did not like to go for them because it would mean disturbing the housemaids at their work.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier