| 单词 | servant of all work |
| 释义 | > as lemmasservant of all work servant of all work n. (also †servant for all work) now archaic and historical a (usually female) servant who is engaged to do all kinds of domestic work, as opposed to having one particular role or responsibility (cf. work n. Phrases 1c); a factotum; also figurative. Cf. maid-of-all-work n. (a) at maid n.1 3b. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > maid or housemaid > maid-of-all-work general servant1725 servant of all work1754 maid-of-all-work1801 slavey1821 universal maid1840 marchioness1883 skivvy1902 1754 London Daily Advertiser 21 Sept. (advt.) Wanted immediately, a sober young Woman, as a Servant for all Work, in a Tradesman's Family. 1758 Public Advertiser 1 Mar. (advt.) A Servant of all Work is wanted. 1785 L. MacNally Fashionable Levities iv. i. 52 Your conscience is a servant of all work—which you discharge at a moment's warning. 1844 Quaver 459 He was..servant of all work; he milked the cow; he dunged the byre, and thatched it, he went to market; [etc.]. 1984 Times 4 July 13/5 Mary..joined the family as a servant of all work during the First World War to replace ‘poor Mimi’ who was German and had to be repatriated. 2009 A. Kay Found. Female Entrepreneurship v. 96 It was not uncommon..for ‘servants of all work’ to share some responsibility for the children of the house, in addition to cleaning, cooking, washing, ironing, food shopping and so on. < as lemmas |
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