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单词 kitchen knave
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kitchen knaven.

Brit. /ˈkɪtʃ(ᵻ)n neɪv/, U.S. /ˈkɪtʃ(ə)n ˌneɪv/
Forms: see kitchen n.1 and knave n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: kitchen n.1, knave n.
Etymology: < kitchen n.1 + knave n.
Now archaic and historical.
A male servant employed to do the most menial tasks in a kitchen. Also (derogatory): a servile or insignificant underling. Cf. scullion n.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > service in kitchen > [noun] > kitchen servant
squiller1303
waynpainc1330
kitchener1332
custronc1400
kitchen knave1440
scullion1483
scudler1488
swiller?a1500
dishwashera1529
lubber1538
kitchen maid1551
kitchen wencha1556
scull1566
washpot1570
kitchen stuff1582
scrape-trencher1603
kitchenist?1617
trencher-scraper1650
mediastine1658
drudge-pudding1737
marmiton1754
knife-boy1847
potwalloper1859
kitchen mechanic1861
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [noun] > person of the lowest class
ribalda1250
kitchen knave1440
scullion1483
scudler1488
canel raker?1518
channel raker1575
proletary1576
muckworm1649
proletariana1657
infimate1733
proletaire1796
coolie1803
gutterling1846
mudsill1858
prole1887
gutter-sparrow1890
gutter-bird1896
underworldling1928
delta1932
lumpenproletarian1936
proly1959
society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > unskilled or doing menial work
kitchen knave1440
scullion1483
sweep-house1621
sweep-gallery1705
scrubber1839
slushy1953
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 274 Kechyne knave, lixa.
a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 303 This is but a kychyn knave that was fedde in kyng Arthurs kychyn for almys.
1568 D. Lindsay Complaint Bagsche in Wks. (1931) I. 97 I tuke na mair compt of ane Lord Nor I did of ane keiching knaif.
1872 Ld. Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 29 Grant me to serve For meat and drink among thy kitchen-knaves.
1957 Portsmouth (Ohio) Times 6 Nov. 9/5 Wesley McMullen..appeared in the title role of Dick Whittington, a kitchen knave.
2013 @mjk1961 10 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 19 Aug. 2019) Re-think minions. I just took one to the ER for stitches. He's being demoted to kitchen knave.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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