Chambermaid
['tʃeɪmbəmeɪd] or ['tʃembɚmed]
Definition
(noun.) a maid who is employed to clean and care for bedrooms (now primarily in hotels).
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Definition
(n.) A maidservant who has the care of chambers, making the beds, sweeping, cleaning the rooms, etc.
(n.) A lady's maid.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To see a chambermaid, denotes bad fortune and decided changes will be made. For a man to dream of making love to a chambermaid, shows he is likely to find himself an object of derision on account of indiscreet conduct and want of tact.
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Examples
- This is your room, sir,' said the chambermaid. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I recollect this same chambermaid was a pattern of town prettiness and smartness. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Yes, Sir,' and bidding Mr. Pickwick good-night, the chambermaid retired, and left him alone. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The steward and chambermaid, and all, were busily engaged in cleaning, furbishing, and arranging the splendid boat, preparatory to a grand entree. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Here, he walked slowly to the door, and then stopping short, turned round and said, with great suavity-- 'Shall I send the chambermaid, gentlemen? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Mother, I think we might do first rate, if you could get a place as cook, and I as chambermaid or seamstress, in some family. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- And serves you right, said Jane, the pert chambermaid, if you will take their money to get drunk on. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Please, Sir, here's a young man which says he must see you directly,' responded the voice of the chambermaid. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She dreaded lest the chambermaid had been mistaken. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Accordingly, when she retired at night, she asked the chambermaid whether Pemberley were not a very fine place? Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
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