Frank Crowninshield

In my day, when you called on a girl, her mother was always hollering down to see if she was still unraped, the maid would look in, her father would shuffle his feet in another room. Today the boy calls up, says, 'Meet you at the back door of Stern's.

American Journalist

William Shakespeare

Maids want nothing but husbands, and when they have them, they want everything.

English Playwright

Judy Reyes

My mother was a very hard-working maid, and their stories are worth telling.

American Actress

Matthew Green

Talk of unusual swell of waist In maid of honor loosely laced.

British Poet

Lupe Ontiveros

I've given every maid I've portrayed soul and heart.

Charles Kingsley

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever.

English Clergyman

Ayesha Takia

I am a hands-on mother and don't rely on maids.

Indian Actress

Thomas Nelson Page

Old maids do not mind giving people trouble.

American Writer

Ernest Borgnine

To this day I clean better than most maids.

American Actor

Jo Brand

British Comedian

Maid' can refer to any gender in some contexts, despite its traditional female association.

Not Gendered

Usually used informally when referring to someone who cleans professionally.

Informal Settings

'Maid' does not mean babysitter; they typically clean, not watch children.

Not a Babysitter

In literature, 'maid' often highlights innocence or purity, not just virginity.

Literary Usage

Using 'maid' to mean virgin is old-fashioned and rare in modern conversation.

Outdated Term

The term is especially common in the context of weddings in the United States.

Wedding Specific

The 'maid of honor' is often the bride's best friend or close relative.

Best Friend Typically

If unmarried, she's 'maid of honor.' If married, 'matron of honor'.

Single or Not

In historical context, indicates a servant with lower status in the household hierarchy.

Servitude Role

Refers to roles from older times, different from today’s understanding of household staff.

Bygone Era

 he heard a dairy maid say, "I shall never have smallpox, for I have had cowpox. I shall never have an ugly, pockmarked face." Cowpox is a skin disease that resembles smallpox and infects cows. Later on, as a physician, he realized that she was right, women who got cowpox didn't develop

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 Homer We have a tennis court, a swimming pool, a screening room -- You mean if I want pork chops, even in the middle of the night, your guy will fry them up? Herbert Sure, that's what he's paid for. Now do you need towels, laundry, maids?

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 of leisure well camouflaged solidly chewing leaves giving your offspring a good start in life can take a lot of effort so some insects have evolved highly complex strategies to induce other species to become nurse maids on their behalf

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 Barry just wanted her to be his maids it was no wonder if she felt like an imposter Margaret's clothes filled the dresser drawers her materials were stacked on every available surface Claire ate her meals on furniture

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 who know what to count. We count numbers. We count on people. What really counts is when we actually use our numbers to truly take into account our people. I learned that from a maid in a motel

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 which referred to a loaf of bread and is the direct ancestor of our modern word loaf, and daege, which meant maid and is the root of our word dairy, the place where the dairymaid works.

Mysteries of vernacular:...

 but a lasting one that remains. I was born in a family full of colors. My father is the son of a maid from whom he inherited an intense dark chocolate tone.

The beauty of human skin...

 they can take the punishment as well as dish it out the baby snatchers have had enough and the male returns to his maid he might need another shower but at

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 So when I do my job, people hate me. In fact, the better I do my job, the more people hate me. And no, I'm not a meter maid, and I'm not an undertaker.

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 of ordered it it's kind of watery in a tell you is this a maid let me get this side here where are the police where are all the police if the chief