noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
maid of honour
meter maid
old maid
parlour maid
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
old
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Half of her wants to be a fella, and the other half's a frustrated old maid .
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No, it went Prudence was a rich, ugly old maid courted by Incapacity.
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She didn't want false teeth; they would make her look like an old maid .
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In his will he left £12 to be given to twelve old maids who were to act as pall bearers.
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She was an old maid and, I would guess, far too peculiar to gather other suitors.
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There is one who has been with us a long time - but then those are old maids of course.
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An old maid , perhaps, but what had Prudence accomplished to get rich?
young
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Out there, somewhere, is a man or woman who callously stabbed that young maid to death.
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A young maid , dressed in dark blue with a white lacy front and a white cap, opened the door.
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The door opened again, this time with a gentle touch, and the young Sri Lankan maid came in.
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There's a young maid lying dead.
■ NOUN
kitchen
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Often, one would be trained to carry out chores normally done by a kitchen maid .
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On the night of the dinner-party, it seems, the kitchen maid has allowed the meat to scorch.
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Her admitted object was the instruction of the kitchen maid , who had absorbed none of Mrs Geary's genius.
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A kitchen maid was usually the most menial servant in a house.
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Having been dismissed as a kitchen maid , she harnesses her poetry to her teapot.
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Phoebe needs a new kitchen maid .
■ VERB
tell
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You can also tell your maid when you like dinner served.
work
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They have gone to Rio to work as maids .
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The sisters were separated, Lore working as a maid and the others going to foster parents.
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It brought back sad memories of when I worked as a kennel maid .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A maid pushed her cleaning cart down the path toward the cottages out back.
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He had more than an hour to fill in before the meal: he had a maid bring him beer.
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One afternoon as he was hacking away on his violin, a maid appeared with a message from below.
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She became a ward maid in a hospital.
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The maid came into the room with a platter of sliced beef.
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Weekly maid and household laundry service included.