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  • noun Plural form of chambermaid.

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Examples

  • The mother called the chambermaids, and said to them: "Girls, we are ruined."

    Italian Popular Tales Thomas Frederick Crane

  • Sarah Smart among 400 or so others, sometimes in hilariously unflashy roles such as chambermaids or butlers.

    The Guardian World News Ben Dowell 2010

  • He ambushed his mother, Prince Charles, and even the Queen with his squirt gun, pinched the backsides of titled ladies and chambermaids alike just to get a laugh a practice that ended when the mother of a schoolmate found it anything but funny, and dropped water balloons from palace balconies.

    William and Kate Christopher Andersen 2011

  • He ambushed his mother, Prince Charles, and even the Queen with his squirt gun, pinched the backsides of titled ladies and chambermaids alike just to get a laugh a practice that ended when the mother of a schoolmate found it anything but funny, and dropped water balloons from palace balconies.

    William and Kate Christopher Andersen 2011

  • When the group arrived in Nagoya, Gelb said the entire hotel staff, from the chambermaids to the chefs, lined up along the street to wave to the company.

    Metropolitan Opera Brings More Than Just Music to Japan 2011

  • When the group arrived in Nagoya, Gelb said the entire hotel staff, from the chambermaids to the chefs, lined up along the street to wave to the company.

    Metropolitan Opera Brings More Than Just Music to Japan 2011

  • I took myself downstairs so that the chambermaids could tidy up and roamed from room to room.

    Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

  • When the group arrived in Nagoya, Gelb said the entire hotel staff, from the chambermaids to the chefs, lined up along the street to wave to the company.

    Metropolitan Opera Brings More Than Just Music to Japan 2011

  • In her case, that system is one that not only expects chambermaids to tolerate the creepy sexual advances of male hotel guests, but in some instances, even assigns the "new girl" to clean the rooms of those more troublesome guests like the men who "accidentally" let their bathrobes fall open when the maid is in the room.

    Men Behaving Badly... It's a Good Thing 2011

  • When the group arrived in Nagoya, Gelb said the entire hotel staff, from the chambermaids to the chefs, lined up along the street to wave to the company.

    Metropolitan Opera Brings More Than Just Music to Japan 2011

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