单词 | daily help |
释义 | > as lemmasdaily help b. That is employed in some capacity every day (or every working day); engaged or paid on a daily basis; spec. (chiefly British) designating a person employed to do cleaning or other household work on a day-to-day basis, who does not live on the premises but returns home at the end of each day, as daily help, daily woman, etc. (now somewhat archaic). ΚΠ 1608 T. Milles Custumers Alphabet & Primer sig. K Iustice hath appointed, that the daily Labourer be truly payd his hyre. 1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 226 The daily Labouring Man sells both his strength, his time, and his ease. 1819 Monthly Rev. 90 App. 517 Men would renounce the refinements of arts and manufactures if it were necessary that every one should purchase them by a constant labour, like that of the daily workman. 1823 W. Traill Vindic. Orkney iii. 23 He is a daily servant till the end of May, when he works in the kelp at a stipulated price per ton. 1878 Hampshire Advertiser 8 May 2/1 Wanted by a Lady living in the country.., a daily governess for three young children. 1884 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 6 Dec. 5/1 Wanted, daily girl, above 16, who can wash and clean well. 1910 Times 26 July 22/2 Temporary plain cook required at once..two in family, three servants and daily woman kept. 1971 Woman 13 Feb. 13/2 I gave Mrs. Candy, the daily help, a suit for her daughter. 2007 Jrnl. Econ. Perspectives 21 152 The most common occupation for the poor in Udaipur is working as a daily laborer. < as lemmas |
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