lady's maid
Example Sentences
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Later on, the lady's-maid began to groan: "O Lord! how my head aches!"
From Tales From J?kai by J?kai, M?r
The finding out and engaging a girl that might enact the character of lady's-maid showily and cheaply, was the most important thing still left to be done before they quitted Silverton.
From The Widow Barnaby Vol. I (of 3) by Trollope, Frances Eleanor
“You had better do nothing in a hurry,” observed Susan Pearl, a sensible, pleasant-looking woman, who had been Emmie’s attendant when she was a child, and who acted as her lady’s-maid now.
From The Haunted Room A Tale by A. L. O. E.
For the rest there's been a clean out—all the sarvints sent about their business; the only one kep' bein' a French girl who wor lady's-maid to the old mistress—that's the aunt.
From Gwen Wynn by Reid, Mayne
"But inside, Susan, inside, you know, and with her lady's-maid here to wait upon her; so mind what you're about, I tell you."
From The Widow Barnaby Vol. I (of 3) by Trollope, Frances Eleanor
