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单词 tweeny girl
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tweeny girl
A maid-servant who assists both the cook and the housemaid; a between-maid. Also tweeny girl, tweeny-maid.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > maid or housemaid > assisting cook and housemaid
tweeny1888
between-maid1890
1888 in Notes & Queries 7th ser. VI. 458/1 A few years back..Being in want of a girl to ease both the cook and the house~maid..[a] neighbour..replied..‘You want a tweenie’.
1904 Daily News 18 Apr. 8 A certain useful section of the servant class, who..were known as ‘tweenies’.
1906 Daily Record (Glasgow) 17 Dec. 4 We may learn tone from our valets, courtesy from our cooks, and tact from our tweeny girls.
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