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Definition of Milkmaids
1. milkmaid [n] - See also: milkmaid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Milkmaids
Literary usage of Milkmaids
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Historic Incidents and Life in India by Caleb Wright, J. A. Brainerd (1863)
"One sect, who are worshippers of Krishna, though men, put on the dress and
ornaments, and assume the manners, of milkmaids. ..."
2. Old English Popular Music by William Chappell, Harry Ellis Wooldridge (1893)
"A copy of the ballad was in the collection of Mr. George Daniel, of Canonbury.
[*J THE MERRY MERRY milkmaids. r -p • Moderate.] The Dancing Master, 1650, ..."
3. A Foreign View of England in the Reigns of George I. & George II.: The by César de Saussure (1902)
"... of fathers and mothers—Christmas Day- St. Valentine's Day—milkmaids on May
Day—Oak leaves—Tit leeks of Wales—Crosses—Bridewell—About a thief who is thes ..."
4. Letters of James Smetham by James Smetham (1892)
"... And curly milkmaids sing among the herds, And every daisy opens wide its cup
To drink the sunbeams and the flashing dews, And gleaming gossamers sow the ..."
5. Russia Through the Stereoscope: A Journey Across the Land of the Czar from by Mabel Sarah Emery (1901)
"... we shall be able to meet a most grotesque procession of milkmaids ! 87.
The milkmaids of Kief. Aren't they comical to see, with their big feet, ..."
6. Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places by Walter Thornbury (1893)
"... Vauxhall—Wellington witnessing the Battle of Waterloo over again—The Gardens
in the Last of their Glory -Hayman's Picture of the " milkmaids on May-day ..."
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