servant-girl
A young female servant.
| 1834 Mrs. Carlyle Lett. I. 10 The very servant-girls wear bustles. 1853 Punch XXIV. 98/1 Servant Gal... I a'int a going to stop in sarvice no longer. |
| attrib. 1894 E. Banks Campaigns Curios. 15, I sat down on the hat-rack in orthodox servant-girl fashion. |
Hence servantgirldom, servantgirlism.
| 1853 Punch XXIV. 98/1 Servantgalism; or, what's to become of the missuses? 1896 Daily News 6 Apr. 3/4 The Sunday afternoon attire of servant girldom in the East-end. |