"maid-child" meaning in English

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      "form": "maid-children",
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      "expansion": "maid-child (plural maid-children)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "word": "maid child"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1865, George MacDonald, Alec Forbes of Howglen, Bernard Tauchnitz (1865), page 89",
          "text": "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."
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative spelling of maid child"
      ],
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  "word": "maid-child"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "maid-children",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
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      },
      "expansion": "maid-child (plural maid-children)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "maid child"
        }
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        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English nouns with irregular plurals"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1865, George MacDonald, Alec Forbes of Howglen, Bernard Tauchnitz (1865), page 89",
          "text": "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."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of maid child"
      ],
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  "word": "maid-child"
}