Definition of "housemaid" []

• A woman or girl employed to do housework. (noun)

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• "A somewhat similar swelling, often as large as an egg, is sometimes seen over the kneepan, more often in those who work upon their knees, hence the name housemaid's knee."
• "Alice and Dora would have liked to get the bedrooms ready for the honored guests, but a really good housemaid is sometimes more ready to say "don't" than even a general."
• "'And he buried her beautiful, ma'am,' said a certain housemaid to her once."