HOUSEMAID

maid, maidservant, housemaid, amah

(noun) a female domestic

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

housemaid (plural housemaids)

A female domestic worker attached to the non-servant quarter part of the house, as opposed to a scullery maid.

(derogatory) A housewife.

Verb

housemaid (third-person singular simple present housemaids, present participle housemaiding, simple past and past participle housemaided)

To be a housemaid.

To wait on someone hand on foot, to watch them.

Source: Wiktionary


House"maid`, n.

Definition: A female servant employed to do housework, esp. to take care of the rooms. Housemaid's knee (Med.), a swelling over the knee, due to an enlargement of the bursa in the front of the kneepan; -- so called because frequently occurring in servant girls who work upon their knees.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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2 April 2025

COVERT

(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.

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