Associations to the word «Parlourmaid»

Wiktionary

PARLOURMAID, noun. (British) A maid who takes care of the parlour.

Dictionary definition

PARLOURMAID, noun. A maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats