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Definition of Dairymaids
1. dairymaid [n] - See also: dairymaid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dairymaids
Literary usage of Dairymaids
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History and Pathology of Vaccination by Edgar March Crookshank (1889)
"CHAPTER V. THE TRADITIONS OF THE dairymaids. ADAMS in his work on Morbid Poisons
writes : " Shall we forget that to the barbers we owe the bold use of ..."
2. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson (1870)
"he himself has expressed it, to songs sung by nurses, dairymaids, and tailors,
while the latter were wont to reside in his father's castle, "mis-shaping ..."
3. Superstitions of the Highlands & Islands of Scotland by John Gregorson Campbell (1900)
"If any milk was spilt by the dairymaids on their way home with the milk pails,
it was a common saying that the Fairies would get its benefit. FAIRY MUSIC. ..."
4. Report of the Commissioners [and Appendices A to S] by Ontario Agricultural Commission (1880), Samuel Casey Wood (1881)
"Education of dairymaids. But quite as interesting was the lecturer's reference
to experiences he gained in Northern Europe during a visit to that region. ..."
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