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单词 parlour-maid
释义 ˈparlour-maid
A female domestic servant who waits at table in houses where indoor men-servants are not kept.
1840Dickens Old C. Shop xxxi, Miss Monflather's parlour⁓maid inspected all visitors before admitting them.1887I. R. Lady's Ranche Life 112 Here am I, cook, parlour⁓maid, house-maid, and scullery-maid all rolled into one.
Hence ˈparlourmaiding, parlourmaid's work.
1885G. Allen Babylon xv, I'd go back again willingly to the parlour-maiding.1887I. R. Lady's Ranche Life Montana 17, I do all the housemaiding and parlourmaiding.
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