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dairymaid

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Agriculture, Occupations
dai·ry·maid /ˈdeərimeɪd $ ˈder-/ noun [countable]  TABOa woman who worked in a dairy in the past 〔过去的〕奶场女工,挤奶女工
Examples from the Corpus
dairymaidBut soon it was clear that the dairyman did not want so many dairymaids at this time of year.He learnt from Izz that, of the other dairymaids, Retty had become ill, and Marian had started drinking.She would simply be the dairymaid Tess, and nothing more.All the dairy people watched them leave, and Clare kissed the dairymaids goodbye.Tess discovered that only two or three of the dairymaids slept in the house, besides herself.
dai·ry·maid nounChineseSyllable
in a Corpus dairy a who woman in the worked


dairymaid
dairymaid /ˈdeərimeɪd $ ˈder-/ noun [countable]
a woman who worked in a dairy in the past


dairy·maidBrE /ˈdeərimeɪd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈderimeɪd/ 🔊 noun (old-fashioned) a woman who works in a dairy (1) 挤奶女工;乳牛场女工