Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Household work

Biddy: female servant of Irish stock
Chambermaid: attended to bedrooms in house or inn
Charwoman: cleaning woman hired by day
Dresser: person who dressed another
Foot-man or maiden: attendant
Hind: domestic servant
Porter: doorman
Scullery maid, Scullion: servant who performed menial tasks
Butler, Valet: male servant

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