| 单词 | housemaid's box |
| 释义 | > as lemmashousemaid's box housemaid's box n. now chiefly historical a box with a container for ashes and a tray above for brushes, dusters, etc., used when cleaning out a fireplace. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning house > [noun] > equipment for fire brush1629 housemaid's box1842 1842 Catal. Tin, Japanned, & Zinc Wares 27/2 Housemaid's boxes, on rockers. 17 X 12, Japanned, with Sifter. 1861 I. M. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. xli. 988 Her housemaid's box, containing black-lead brushes..and all utensils necessary for cleaning a grate. 1950 J. Cannan Murder Included viii. 146 Sylvia, carrying a housemaid's box, fled at their approach. 2008 B. Crowe People don't grow by being Measured 71 I fetched the Housemaid's Box, with the space underneath for the ash and the tray on top holding the brush, shovel, and strip of floor covering. < as lemmas |
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