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  2. Maid - Wikipedia

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    Under house parlour maid: the general deputy to the house parlour maid in a small establishment that had only two upstairs maids. Nursery maid: also an "upstairs maid", but one who worked in the children's nursery, maintaining fires, cleanliness, and good order. Reported to the nanny rather than the housekeeper.

  3. Domestic worker - Wikipedia

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    Nursemaid (Nursery maid) – A maid who oversees the nursery. Page or Tea boy - An Apprentice footman, 10 to 16 years old. Parlour maid - Cleaning the sitting rooms, drawing rooms, library and alike. Personal shopper – A person who does the shopping. Personal trainer – A worker who trains their employer in fitness, swimming, and sports.

  4. Parlour - Wikipedia

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    A Greek Revival parlour in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A parlour (or parlor) is a reception room or public space. In medieval Christian Europe, the "outer parlour" was the room where the monks or nuns conducted business with those outside the monastery and the "inner parlour" was used for necessary conversation between resident members.

  5. Between maid - Wikipedia

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    A between maid should not be confused with a parlour maid, though both maids had similar household duties. Parlour maids cleaned and tidied reception rooms and living areas in the mornings, and often served refreshments at afternoon tea, as well as sometimes serving dinner. They tidied studies and libraries and, with footmen, answered bells ...

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    Still, I often find myself lost in a sublime "Downton Abbey" fantasy world, replete with footmen, valets, parlor maids and a stableman or two, to groom my horses and provide them with fresh hay.

  7. Category:Maids - Wikipedia

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    Articles about women who worked as maids, female domestic workers. In the Victorian era domestic service was the second largest category of employment in England and Wales, after agricultural work. [1] In developed Western nations, full-time maids are now only found in the wealthiest households.

  8. Edward Sellon - Wikipedia

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    Here, after two years, his wife rejoined him, but now Sellon was keeping a mistress in another part of town, and had seduced his fourteen-year-old parlour maid, a girl called Emma. [6] His wife's discovery of this latter affair led to fighting, and her leaving him, though Sellon was seemingly unrepentant.

  9. A Woman of Substance (novel) - Wikipedia

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    As parlour maid, Emma sees a lot of the Fairley family and becomes friends with the younger son, Edwin. They bond over the deaths of their mothers. Emma also meets Blackie O'Neill, a wandering Irish navvy who has been hired to do some work at Fairley Hall, and they become fast friends. One day, Emma and Edwin realise they feel more for each ...

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