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单词 cook wench
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cook wenchn.

Brit. /ˈkʊk wɛn(t)ʃ/, U.S. /ˈkʊk ˌwɛn(t)ʃ/
Forms: see cook n.1 and wench n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cook n.1, wench n.
Etymology: < cook n.1 + wench n. Compare cookmaid n.
Now rare (historical or archaic in later use).
A female domestic servant (esp. a girl or young woman) who cooks and prepares food; cf. cookmaid n.
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1632 N. Goodman Hollands Leaguer sig. F4 She had three houshold Officers, a Cooke-wench, a Laundrey-lasse, and a Girle Scullian.
1709 Female Tatler 21 Nov.–23 Nov. Let the Subjects not be too trifling for the Publick, as Cook Wenches in Taverns, that were Scullions before.
1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. xl. 33 While my thoughts aspired to a sphere so far above me, I had unwittingly made a conquest of the cook-wench and dairy-maid.
1847 S. Carolina Temperance Advocate 17 June 199/4 (advt.) Also, wanted to hire, a good Cook Wench for a small family.
1916 Times 30 May 9/5 [Referring to a production of an 18th-cent. comedy.] A vivid story of a high-born beauty, a secret meeting.., swords, pistols, a cook-wench, and a cat.
1999 K. L. Emerson Face down among Winchester Geese xii. 74 The rest of the morning she spent going over plans for the week ahead with the servants, making sure all was in order for meals with the cook wench.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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