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Examples
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My abigail's already gone there, so I still have to.
Tender Rebel Lindsey, Johanna 1988
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Followed the abigail's footstep as she pursued her unhurried way to answer its imperative demand, and presently a visitor was shown into the room.
The Moon out of Reach Margaret Pedler
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"O, I suppose so," cried Sophia, giving her head an angry jerk which almost sent the brush out of her abigail's hand; "servants know everything."
The Lovels of Arden 1875
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How they first came together I cannot imagine, but they have lived together for many years; and the abigail's temper being tart and encroaching, and her ladyship's easy and yielding, the former has got the complete upper hand, and tyrannises over the good lady in secret.
Bracebridge Hall Washington Irving 1821
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How they first came together I cannot imagine; but they have lived together for many years; and the abigail's temper being tart and encroaching, and her ladyship's easy and yielding, the former has got the complete upper hand, and tyrannizes over the good lady in secret.
Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists Washington Irving 1821
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