home help
[home n.1 15 b.]
A domestic worker; spec. a woman made available by local authorities, etc., for help in the home.
| 1900 Daily News 13 June 8/6 The West Central Jewish Girls' Club... Its objects are educational, recreational, and religious. There are 221 members..home-helps, 17. 1939 M. Spring Rice Working-class Wives 14 While women..go into hospital..trained home helps can be provided to look after the father and children. 1958 Times 24 Feb. 11/1 One obvious solution to the problem is for local authorities to provide a better service of home helps and home nurses. 1958 P. Townsend in N. Mackenzie Conviction 117 There is the nucleus of a home help service. 1973 Times 17 Jan. 4/2 Their response epitomizes some of the misconceptions about home helps which Mrs Clark..rebuts. |