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词条 Kitchen maid (domestic worker)
释义

  1. Description

  2. Known kitchen maids

  3. References

A kitchen maid or kitchen girl is a young housemaid, or other junior female domestic worker.

Description

In the hierarchy of a great house, the kitchen maid ranked below a cook and above a scullery maid. An experienced kitchen maid is an assistant cook; the position may be compared to that of a chef de partie in a professional kitchen.

An early meaning of "slut" was "kitchen maid or drudge" (c. 1450), a meaning retained as late as the 18th century.[1]

Known kitchen maids

  • Margaret Powell worked as a kitchen girl at the age of 15.[2]

References

1. ^"slut"; etymonline.com
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1360819/Why-downstairs-HATED-upstairs-The-acerbic-memoirs-Twenties-maid-reveal-domestic-staff-REALLY-thought-masters.html|title=Why downstairs HATED upstairs: The acerbic memoirs of a Twenties maid reveal what domestic staff REALLY thought of their masters|publisher=Daily Mail|language=English|date=26 February 2011|accessdate=25 October 2015}}

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