dairymaid

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

dairy +‎ maid

Noun[edit]

dairymaid (plural dairymaids)

  1. (dated) A woman who works in a dairy.
    Synonyms: dairywoman, dey, milkmaid
    Hypernyms: dairyer, dairy farmer
    Coordinate term: dairyman
    • 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., [], →OCLC:
      But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶ [] The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window [], and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, little dreaming that the deadly tube was levelled at them.

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