chambermaid

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Recent Examples of chambermaid It’s based on the true story of a Jewish child in 1850s Italy who was secretly baptized by a chambermaid and then abducted by the papal police and raised Catholic. Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024 Their home is gone, and her mother works as a chambermaid at the hotel, keeping her long black hair pinned under a cap. Yvonne Zipp, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2024 Slavin wanted to pursue wilder game while remaining smack in the realm of the ordinary: hot-dog vendors, bodybuilders, cheerleaders, synchronized swimmers, Elizabeth Arden masseuses, Santa’s Helpers, Biltmore Hotel chambermaids, fire-department chaplains. Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 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 See All Example Sentences for chambermaid
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Noun
  • Cassidy said she was surrounded by her mom, the couple's housekeeper and childhood friends during the ordeal.
    Jay Stahl, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Buy Now 03 of 10 'Alias Grace' by Margaret Atwood In 1840’s Toronto, scullery maid Grace Marks, 16, is accused of abetting the brutal murder of her employer and his pregnant housekeeper.
    Bailey Seybolt, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The thriller stars Sweeney as Millie, who gets a job as a housemaid for a seemingly sweet and perfect family.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • He’s shown sitting in an armchair next to his similarly dressed daughter, who is giving him a handful of flowers; just behind them is a maid placing a basket of fruit.
    Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 24 Mar. 2025
  • At the time of her killing, Curran was working part time as a maid at the local Colonial Motor Inn, which, according to VTDigger, is located near Bundy’s birthplace in Burlington.
    Sean Neumann, People.com, 23 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • The attendant was not warm or gentle, but her assertive touch felt motherly, even sensible.
    Anna Haines, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Businesses can quickly hire them part-time to help with a sudden increase in demand without needing all the paperwork, benefits and expenses attendant with a full-time employee.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025

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