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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.
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.
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.
a location where troops assemble prior to a battle. While this figurative meaning also exists in French, the first and literal meaning of point d'appui is a fixed point from which a person or thing executes a movement (such as a footing in climbing or a pivot). porte-cochère an architectural term referring to a kind of porch or portico-like ...
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]
Parlour boarders are described by a modern historian as paying more than the other pupils, in return for which they got a room of their own. [1] A parlour was a small reception room, from the French "parler", implying a place for quiet conversation; "board" means meals, as in the expression room and board.
In addition to its normal meaning, archaic and derogatory term for a female domestic servant of colour. Superseded by "maid", and more recently "domestic worker" or "domestic". gogga (Pronounced / ˈ x ɔː x ə /, the latter similar to the Afrikaans pronunciation) a creepy crawly or an insect. [19] gogo
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 ...