milkmaid

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

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milk·maid /ˈmɪlkmeɪd/ noun [countable]  BOTAa woman in the past whose job was to get milk from cows on a farm 挤奶女工

Examples from the Corpus

milkmaid• She finally heard that a dairyman some miles to the south needed a good milkmaid for the summer.• The Love Talker preys upon unaccompanied young women, such as shepherdesses or milkmaids, seduces them and then disappears.• Richard, of Cornwall, reckons that milkmaids could be hired at £5 an hour because unemployment in farming is so bad.• This frightened the milkmaid and the pastor.• Does he have to be reminded about his long meetings with apple-cheeked Maude the milkmaid at the back of my stables?• And there was a picture engraved on glass, illustrating the fable of the milkmaid and her pail.

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milkmaid
milk‧maid /ˈmɪlkmeɪd/ noun [countable]
a woman in the past whose job was to get milk from cows on a farm

milk·maidBrE /ˈmɪlkmeɪd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmɪlkmeɪd/ 🔊 noun(in the past) a woman whose job was to take milk from cows and make butter and cheese （旧时的）挤奶女工