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Webster 1913 Edition
Housemaid
House′maidˊ
,Noun.
A female servant employed to do housework, esp. to take care of the rooms.
Housemaid’s knee
(Med.)
, a swelling over the knee, due to an enlargement of the bursa in the front of the kneepan; – so called because frequently occurring in servant girls who work upon their knees.