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housemaiding

housemaiding is the present participle and gerund of housemaid.

Meaning of housemaid

Verb

housemaid (third-person singular simple present housemaids, present participle housemaiding, simple past and past participle housemaided)

  1. To be a housemaid.
  2. To wait on someone hand on foot, to watch them.
  3. To clean, as a housemaid.
    • Giving that up, she took a broom and a duster and went upstairs to housemaid Mrs Dibble's bedroom, with her head tied up in a coloured scarf. It was a dusty, snuffy job, for penuriousness in Mrs Dibble refused to throw anything away, including dirt, and if anything fell on the floor it remained...1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 32

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Questions about housemaiding

What is housemaiding the present participle and gerund of?
Housemaiding is the present participle and gerund of housemaid.

Words near housemaiding in the dictionary

  1. housemaid's knee
  2. housemaided
  3. housemaiden
  4. housemaidenly
  5. housemaidens
  6. housemaiding
  7. housemaids
  8. housemaidy
  9. housemaker
  10. housemakers
  11. housemaking

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