Sentence examples for good maids from inspiring English sources
By Charles O. Terwilliger and Russell Maloney The New Yorker, August 27 , 1938P. 9 This week's story about 1938 finance deals with a colored maid who went out one morning last week to make some purchases at the neighborhood A. & P. Like all good maids, she had the clerk mark the prices opposite the items on he her mistress's shopping list, so as to be able to give an honest account of the money.
What really matters is that a good maid is so hard to come by that the "ladies" of the house are forced to dress themselves for dinner.
When I pointed to a trash bin five feet away, he made smacking noises with his lips and told me to be a good maid and pick it up.
"ASK YOUR MAMA!" shouts a wealthy black man to his new white neighbor, when asked for a reference for a good maid.
Ghost shrimp are good tank maids.
"I have a very good French maid whom I've had for years.
My father often quoted Charles Kingsley's line "Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever", but he said it sarcastically - he wanted me to be clever, and let who will be good.
Even before the windfall, the Jhas had good jobs and maids of their own.
My tour guide made a point of talking not just about the Millses, but also about the little people who made their good life possible: maids, cooks, groundskeepers.
They were good fortune's maid and man;.
By Mark Van Doren The New Yorker, May 13 , 1933P. 15 They were good fortune's maid and man; View Article By Andy Borowitz By Phil Klay By Troy Patterson By Larissa MacFarquhar.
