dairymaidとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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dairymaid (plural dairymaids)

1. (dated) A woman who works in a dairy.

   Synonyms: dairywoman, dey, milkmaid

   Hypernyms: dairyer, dairy farmer

   Coordinate term: dairyman

   • 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:

     But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶ […] The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window […], and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, little dreaming that the deadly tube was levelled at them.