ˈkitchen-wench arch.
A girl employed in the kitchen, a kitchen-maid. contemptuous.
| 1590 Shakes. Com. Err. iii. ii. 96 She's the kitchin wench, & al grease. 1678 Otway Friendship in F. ii. i, Chloris dwindles into a Kitchen-Wench. 1840 Barham Ingol. Leg., The Ghost, His wife would..strike with all her might, As fast as kitchen-wenches strike a light. |