lady's maid

Example Sentences

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Each lady had her little train of husband, courier, valet, lady's-maid, small dog, and giant jewel-box.

From Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories by Ouida

Then the lady's-maid was dismissed, for pecuniary reasons; then the cook, for sanitary considerations: one fine day she nearly poisoned us all with verdigris, her copper kettles were so badly scoured.

From Erlach Court by Schubin, Ossip

Dolly's life now moved on amid ease and comfort; she had her own attendant, who was partly a lady's-maid, partly a nurse; she had her own phaeton, and, when in New York, her own coup�.

From Horace Chase by Woolson, Constance Fenimore

While she kept the girl at arms' length, to prevent her wresting from her the key, Miss Arnott issued her instructions to the lady's-maid.

From Miss Arnott's Marriage by Marsh, Richard

You'll not be under Cousin Ellen, you see, child—Mrs. Mossop, as they call her at the Tower House—being as she's the lady's-maid, but it's Naylor, the head-housemaid, you must look to.

From The Green Casket and other stories by Molesworth, Mrs.