maid-child

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English

Noun

maid-child (plural maid-children)

  1. Alternative spelling of maid child
    • 1865, George MacDonald, Alec Forbes of Howglen, Bernard Tauchnitz (1865), page 89:
      Mrs. Forbes's eyes were instantly fixed on her with mild astonishment, and something of a mother's tenderness awoke in her heart toward the little maid-child.