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  • adjective Without a maid (female servant).

Etymologies

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maid +‎ -less

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Examples

  • _Muffin stand_ -- Especially for maidless house -- of mahogany, walnut, or painted to correspond with furniture selected.

    Better Homes in America Plan Book for Demonstration Week October 9 to 14, 1922 Mrs W.B. Meloney 1941

  • Personal maids are one of the superstitions of the theatrical profession, and an actress of standing is supposed to go hungry rather than maidless.

    Gigolo Edna Ferber 1926

  • But now the maidless four-room apartment took on, in spite of its cumbersome furnishings, a certain air of impermanence.

    Gigolo Edna Ferber 1926

  • "What, how, man! are brave archers to go maidless while an old man uses one as a walking-staff?"

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • "What, how, man! are brave archers to go maidless while an old man uses one as a walking-staff?"

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • "What, how, man! are brave archers to go maidless while an old man uses one as a walking-staff?"

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • "What, how, man! are brave archers to go maidless while an old man uses one as a walking-staff?"

    The White Company Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

  • "What, how, man! are brave archers to go maidless while an old man uses one as a walking-staff?"

    The White Company 1890

  • The good-natured Kentons had dispensed his Lordship from the encumbrance of a valet, and though my Lady could not well be allowed to go maidless, Lady

    That Stick Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • Sorry no photos there, cos it was during one of my initial maidless days, which was quite chaotic.

    allthingspurple 2008

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