maidchild

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See also: maid-child and maid child

English

Noun

maidchild (plural maidchildren)

  1. Alternative form of maid child
    • 1955, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Return of the King, HarperCollins (1999), →ISBN, page 371:
      'Well, Mr. Frodo,' he said. 'I'm in a bit of a fix. Rose and me had settled to call him Frodo, with your leave; but it's not him, it's her. Though as pretty a maidchild as anyone could hope for, taking after Rose more than me, luckily. So we don't know what to do.'