MAID

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maid substantiv

1. fată; fecioară;

old maid a) (fam.) fată bătrână; b) un joc de cărţi;

to remain an old maid a rămâne fată bătrână;

the Maid (of Orléans) fecioara din Orleans, Jeanne d'Arc;

the Fair Maid of Perth eroina unui roman de Walter Scott;

the Heliconian Maids muzele.

2. servitoare, fată în casă;

lady's maid cameristă;

maid of all work fată la toate;

thorough maid servitoare pricepută (la toate).

Which of them, then, had access to that dish without the maid seeing them?

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“And see the red eye of it!” cried the maid.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The hard, bitter feeling was getting pretty bad, when the maid brought in a box of flowers.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

I was surprised that the maids did not come back.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

His household used to consist of an elderly housekeeper, Mrs. Marker, and of a maid, Susan Tarlton.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I gave the maid a card, but I see that she has left it upon the side-table.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Elsie why do you weep?” asked the maid.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

Miss Marie Devine was the maid of Lady Frances Carfax.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Particularly small and particularly wicked-looking, is what the maid calls him,” said the officer.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

Celine's chamber-maid entered, lit a lamp, left it on the table, and withdrew.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)