slavey
/sley-vee/US // ˈsleɪ vi //UK // (ˈsleɪvɪ) //
萧山,萧山人,萧山日报,萧山的
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural slav·eys.British Informal: Older Use.
- : a female servant, especially a maid of all work in a boardinghouse.
Examples
A bucolic slavey—a person whose cheerful simpleness is like to that of the little creatures of the field—attends you.
She is a young lady typical of the Cockney slavey type, dressed according to the ideas of her class as regards the perfect lady.
I hated the dismal little 'slavey' who, twice a week, on an average, would bring him up to me.
"My hye," exclaimed the slavey, who adored Herr Kreutzer and intensely worshiped Anna.
"No fault o' 'is, then," said the slavey quickly, voicing her earnest partisanship without a moment's wait.
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