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HOUSEMAID

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housemaid substantiv

fată în casă, servitoare, slujnică.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

Approaching the hearth, he asked, "If I was at last satisfied with housemaid's work?"

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Having visited many more rooms than could be supposed to be of any other use than to contribute to the window-tax, and find employment for housemaids, Now, said Mrs. Rushworth, we are coming to the chapel, which properly we ought to enter from above, and look down upon; but as we are quite among friends, I will take you in this way, if you will excuse me.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

Elizabeth passed the chief of the night in her sister's room, and in the morning had the pleasure of being able to send a tolerable answer to the inquiries which she very early received from Mr. Bingley by a housemaid, and some time afterwards from the two elegant ladies who waited on his sisters.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

It must do the heads of the family a great deal of good to force all the poor housemaids and footmen to leave business and pleasure, and say their prayers here twice a day, while they are inventing excuses themselves for staying away.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

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