MILKMAID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does milkmaid mean? 

• MILKMAID (noun)
  The noun MILKMAID has 1 sense:

1. a woman who works in a dairy

  Familiarity information: MILKMAID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MILKMAID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A woman who works in a dairy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

dairymaid; milkmaid

Hypernyms ("milkmaid" is a kind of...):

farm worker; farmhand; field hand; fieldhand (a hired hand on a farm)

 Context examples 

But the pretty milkmaid was much too vexed to make any answer.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

As she left them the milkmaid cast many reproachful glances over her shoulder at the clumsy strangers, holding her nicked elbow close to her side.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

They began walking through the country of the china people, and the first thing they came to was a china milkmaid milking a china cow.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

As they drew near, the cow suddenly gave a kick and kicked over the stool, the pail, and even the milkmaid herself, and all fell on the china ground with a great clatter.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Dorothy was shocked to see that the cow had broken her leg off, and that the pail was lying in several small pieces, while the poor milkmaid had a nick in her left elbow.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

"There!" cried the milkmaid angrily.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

There were milkmaids and shepherdesses, with brightly colored bodices and golden spots all over their gowns; and princesses with most gorgeous frocks of silver and gold and purple; and shepherds dressed in knee breeches with pink and yellow and blue stripes down them, and golden buckles on their shoes; and princes with jeweled crowns upon their heads, wearing ermine robes and satin doublets; and funny clowns in ruffled gowns, with round red spots upon their cheeks and tall, pointed caps. And, strangest of all, these people were all made of china, even to their clothes, and were so small that the tallest of them was no higher than Dorothy's knee.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)