Definition of "kitchen-wench" [kitchen-wench]

• A kitchen-maid; a female scullion. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Now is he for the numbers that Petrarch flowed in: Laura to his lady was but a kitchen-wench; marry, she had a better love to be-rhyme her; Dido a dowdy; Cleopatra a gipsy;"
• "“He who wants to eat bread must earn it; out with the kitchen-wench.”"
• "“No,” said the man, “There is still a little stunted kitchen-wench which my late wife left behind her, but she cannot possibly be the bride.”"