handmaiden

• “Ilira's handmaiden is Tamara, who allies with Conan in what sounds like a Red Sonja hot amazon role.”

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• “Then she said to me, “Know that this handmaiden is to us even as our own child and she is a trust committed to thee by Allah.””

  The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night

• “Get it yet; she did not want to be judged on her own name and merits; she wanted to be known as the handmaiden of slick Willie.”

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• “Only after she heard this from two others did she herself believe it and accept her status as handmaiden, which is reflected in her statement to the angel: “I am running away from my mistress Sarai” (Gen. Rabbah 45: 7).”

  Hagar: Midrash and Aggadah.

• “ROY GREENSLADE, PROFESSOR, CITY UNIVERSITY/MEDIA COMMENTATOR: Well, it can be the handmaiden, which is Timothy Balding's point.”

  CNN Transcript Dec 5, 2008

• “It is well you should speedily know that your handmaiden is a poor Jewess, the daughter of that Isaac of York, to whom you were so lately a good and kind lord.”

  Ivanhoe

• “The handmaiden was the one bit of home Valeria had brought with her: nag, chaperone, and anchor.”

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• “The handmaiden is my own sister's child," he answered quietly.”

  The Moon Pool

• “Music has been called the handmaiden of Christianity, but may more appropriately be designated its loyal helpmeet.”

  For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music

• “Your suggestions about education are ludicrous as we do not want a return to the 'handmaiden' situation.”

  The retreat from Scutari

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