| 单词 | daughter of the house |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdaughter of the house daughter of the house n. the daughter of a family, esp. the oldest or only girl. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > family > [noun] > family or household > son or daughter of household son of the house1529 daughter of the house1607 1607 E. Grimeston tr. S. Goulart Admirable & Memorable Hist. 109 He..sent the seruant to fetch some fish and then hee beganne to intreate the Daughter of the house..to drawe him some wine. 1786 European Mag. & London Rev. Dec. 341/1 The daughter of the house, holding a ewer full of water mixed with rose-water, presents it to wash with. 1834 T. De Quincey S. T. Coleridge in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 591/1 This cottage offered the accommodations of an inn... The daughter of the house..acted as waiter. 1968 ‘D. Torr’ Treason Line 30 The daughter of the house, a slim, petite girl. 2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 2 Apr. 13/1 He takes a room as a lodger. The moment he sees the daughter of the house, he is lost. < as lemmas |
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