| 单词 | private service |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprivate service private service n. service to an individual rather than to the community, state, etc.; (in later use) spec. domestic service in a private house. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > [noun] > domestic private servicea1652 domestic service1741 a1652 R. Brome Eng. Moor iii. i. 39 in Five New Playes (1659) And though I outwardly appear your Drudge, 'Tis fit I have a Maid for private service. 1718 R. Samber tr. C. Ancillon Eunuchism Display'd i. i. 7 He might have none to attend him in his private Service but Eunuchs. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) vii. 85 All them trades I thought of was a deal too jolly; there was no credit at all to be got in any of 'em. I must look for a private service... I might be brought out strong..in a serious family. 1934 D. L. Sayers Nine Tailors 139 Deacon was a waiter in some club... He wanted to try private service. 1978 M. Ward & N. Ward Home in Twenties & Thirties 38/1 There was..an inexorable reduction in the number of people engaged in private service. < as lemmas |
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