单词 | servant boy |
释义 | > as lemmasservant boy C2. With other nouns, in the sense ‘that is a servant’, as servant boy, servant man, servant woman, etc. See also servant girl n. ΚΠ 1379 in C. Fenwick Poll Taxes 1377, 1379 & 1381 (2005) III. 353/2 Robertus servantman 4d. 1379 in C. Fenwick Poll Taxes 1377, 1379 & 1381 (2005) III. 358/2 Elena Servantwoman 4d. a1402 J. Trevisa tr. R. Fitzralph Defensio Curatorum (Harl.) (1925) 81 (MED) Þou schalt nouȝt coueite þi neiȝbores hous, noþer desire his wif, noþer his seruaunt man noþer womman. ?a1450 Metrical Life Christ (1977) 56 A seruaunt mayde Come to Petre & þus saide, [etc.]. 1551 in Memorabilia City of Glasgow (1835) 3 He hes mariit the said Marioun and will nocht awed, treit uss, and sustein hir in all necessaris as his wyf, bot susteinis and usis hir as ane servand lass. 1584 St. Andrews Test. II. 350 in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Servand(e John Pittillok seruand boy. 1604 in T. Pont's Topogr. Acc. Cunningham (Maitland Club) 183 To Thomas Blair, his servand-gentilman of fie, xl lib. 1634 P. Studley Looking-glasse of Schisme 43 A young black horse of the old mans, by the negligence of a servant boy of the house, got into the roome. 1659 Cramond Kirk Session I. 17 Apr. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Stek(e Marion Wachop steekit out the uther servant woman Jonet Young two severall nights. 1698 J. Kirkwood Plea before Kirk ii. 14 At last he stumbled into Dandy Huy's Barn, where his Servant Lad Robert Bruice was Threshing. 1714 E. Freke Remembrances (2001) 83 The said servant man took one of my sons pockett pistolls. 1718 Weekly Jamaica Courant 5 Aug. Absented himself the 30th of July, from his Master Doctor Smithell Matson's Service, a white Servant-Boy, named John Braddas. 1781 Triumph Prudence over Passion I. i. 6 I could not abide to run foul of a servant fellow every step I took about my house. 1812 Ann. Reg., Chron. 37 The servant-wench, who slept in the next room. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxvi. 226 The Irish servant-lass rushed up from the kitchen. 1906 J. Joyce Let. 3 Dec. (1966) II. 199 Servant-wife blows her nose in the letter and lawyer confronts the mistress. 1996 J. Robertson Sc. Ghost Stories (1998) ix. 117 One Saturday afternoon a servant-lass was busy in the kitchen, cleaning the family boots and shoes in preparation for the Sabbath. 2000 Times of India 14 Dec. (Bombay Times section) 10/5 The sight of a young servant boy, cleaning the window of a high-rise building. 2009 Western Mail (Nexis) 31 Aug. 16 He had been no more than a servant man when Leah married him, a kind of hired help who, however, lived in. < as lemmas |
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