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servant-girl
A young female servant.
1834Mrs. Carlyle Lett. I. 10 The very servant-girls wear bustles. 1853Punch XXIV. 98/1 Servant Gal... I a'int a going to stop in sarvice no longer.
attrib.1894E. Banks Campaigns Curios. 15, I sat down on the hat-rack in orthodox servant-girl fashion.
Hence servantgirldom, servantgirlism.
1853Punch XXIV. 98/1 Servantgalism; or, what's to become of the missuses? 1896Daily News 6 Apr. 3/4 The Sunday afternoon attire of servant girldom in the East-end. |