What does scullery maid mean?
Scullery maid means Alternative form of scullery maid..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Alternative form of scullery maid..
From the wives of peers and the daughters of lord-lieutenants down to Dublin tradeswomen with a taste for rhyming, and even scullerymaids with no tastes at all, a whole hierarchy of female slaves bowed to his rule, and were admitted into higher and lower degrees of favour.
At the end of the train of women and agas rode Azim Bey and his attendants, obliged to follow even the negresses who acted as cooks and scullerymaids, a humiliation which sorely tasked the boy’s proud spirit.
A sculleryman may be employed at not less than £1; a scullerymaid may be employed at not less than 17s. 6d.
Persons employed in the capacities of kitchenmen, pantrymen, scullerymen, waiters, porters (day and night), yardmen, handymen, oyster openers, waitresses, kitchenmaids, scullerymaids, and pantrymaids, are all provided for in a scale, the minimum of which is £1 and the maximum £1 12s. 6d., which is the wage for the waiter.
Kitchenmaid, pantrymaid, scullerymaid, cleaner, general hand and unspecified workers [“Male $”:] — [“Female $”:] 5.85
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Scullery maid means Alternative form of scullery maid..
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From the wives of peers and the daughters of lord-lieutenants down to Dublin tradeswomen with a taste for rhyming, and even scullerymaids with no tastes at all, a whole hierarchy of female slaves bowed to his rule, and were admitted into higher and lower degrees of favour.
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