| 单词 | woman of all work |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswoman of all work woman of all work n. a female servant who does all kinds of housework (now historical); (in later use more generally) a woman who performs a wide range of tasks or duties; cf. maid-of-all-work n. (a) at maid n.1 3b.In quot. 1796 (euphemistically): a female servant who agrees to have sexual intercourse with her employer. ΚΠ 1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Woman of all Work, sometimes applied to a female servant, who refuses none of her master's commands. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxi. 334 The young woman of all work. 1919 R. L. Felton Country Life in Georgia 294 I am of the opinion that a lady who is the woman of all work in the family—trainer of children—housekeeper and cook—seamstress and servant, [etc.]. 1998 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News (Nexis) 23 Mar. The museum has lost the help of founding president, board member, guiding light and woman of all work, Gwen Bell. < as lemmas |
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