as in housekeeper
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Recent Examples of chambermaid
Sandra points out that chambermaids and barmaids are often powerless to resist their employers’ advances and that the Americans’ less class-conscious but more consensual approach to coupling is more equitable.
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Chris Klimek, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2024
The second floor houses a Theater Room Museum where distinct outlines of sleeping bodies have been found in the dust on the beds — sightings that have been attributed to a former chambermaid.
—Lacey Latch, The Arizona Republic, 27 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, the rakish Airk is making time with Dove (Ellie Bamber), a chambermaid ensnared in a messy, upstairs-downstairs love affair, as television chambermaids so often are.
—Joshua Alston, Variety, 30 Nov. 2022
This month, a clip went viral showing Sineenat outside the Grand Palace after the ceremonial changing of garments of the Emerald Buddha statue, bending down to accept paper tissues from a well-wisher, then tucking the unused tissue neatly back in the box like an earnest chambermaid.
—Shashank Bengali, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2020
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Chris Klimek, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2024
The second floor houses a Theater Room Museum where distinct outlines of sleeping bodies have been found in the dust on the beds — sightings that have been attributed to a former chambermaid.
—Lacey Latch, The Arizona Republic, 27 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, the rakish Airk is making time with Dove (Ellie Bamber), a chambermaid ensnared in a messy, upstairs-downstairs love affair, as television chambermaids so often are.
—Joshua Alston, Variety, 30 Nov. 2022
This month, a clip went viral showing Sineenat outside the Grand Palace after the ceremonial changing of garments of the Emerald Buddha statue, bending down to accept paper tissues from a well-wisher, then tucking the unused tissue neatly back in the box like an earnest chambermaid.
—Shashank Bengali, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chambermaid
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Eliza, a hotel housekeeper, and Henrietta, a coffee shop assistant, who were both 32 and living in Aberdeen, went missing in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Jan. 7.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
People.com,
26 Feb. 2025
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Finally, she was granted a domestic worker’s visa to Britain, and was allowed to enter the country as a housekeeper.—
Nina Siegal,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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Here, Trent offers us a clock mender whose friend is facing sedition charges as part of a crackdown on political reading clubs, and a housemaid whose testimony might exonerate her.—
Olivia Waite,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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The borrego consomme, the housemaid blue corn tortillas and the chilaquiles on the weekends are worth the wait.—
Kayleigh Ruller,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Feb. 2025
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In Banksy’s version, the maid is replaced by two men wearing hazmat suits and pushing a barrel of toxic waste.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 Feb. 2025
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Back at stately Beck Manor, Reacher finally gets to tuck into some of the Irish cook’s delicious stew and parler a little français with the French maid, who reveals that Beck has a mechanic on staff, too.—
Chris Klimek,
Vulture,
20 Feb. 2025
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Young is well-known for her work with Habitat for Humanity, having been charwoman of the Meeker County chapter since 1995.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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From Bessie’s spitfire frenemy, the charwoman Mrs. Grogan (a feisty Sarah Morris), to the blowsy, good-natured prostitute, Rosie Redmond (Anna Healy), the story conjures an entire community, then rips the tattered rug of their lives out from under them.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
13 Oct. 2023
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This helps explain why the maidservant was subjected to multiple inspections, with a succession of witnesses rooting around beneath Hall’s skirts and petticoats for firm proof.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
26 Aug. 2024
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In 1627, a professional lace-maker named Thomasine Hall boarded a ship in England and arrived at Jamestown, Virginia, to become a maidservant in the household of a man named John Tyos.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
26 Aug. 2024
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Piper Perabo, who, along with Zoom attendants Bridget Moynahan and Adam Garcia, noted that rather than quoting a line from the movie, fans who approach her on the street are far more likely to sing one of Warren's songs.—
Rachel Flynn,
People.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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As passengers evacuate, the attendants would ask the first two able-bodied people to remain just outside to help other passengers, Nelson said.—
Dakin Andone,
CNN,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Chambermaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chambermaid. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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