"scullery-maid" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: scullery-maids [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} scullery-maid (plural scullery-maids)
  1. Alternative form of scullery maid Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: scullery maid
    Sense id: en-scullery-maid-en-noun-lQsntUQ9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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