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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. 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.