OpenLLM-France/wikimedia huggingface dataset:
# bijvoet
## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch bīvoet. Cognates include German Beifuß.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

bijvoet m (plural bijvoeten, diminutive bijvoetje n)
* mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris)
    Hypernym: alsem

### Further reading

* bijvoet on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{nl}$
# derichthyid
## English
### Noun

derichthyid (plural derichthyids)
* (zoology) Any eel in the family Derichthyidae.
# audiometer
## English
### Etymology

From audio- +‎ -meter.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

audiometer (plural audiometers)
* An instrument which is used to determine the acuity of hearing.
    Synonyms: acoumeter, sonometer

#### Related terms

* audiometric
* audiometry

#### Translations
## Indonesian
### Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch audiometer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /au̯.di.o.ˈme.tər/
* Rhymes: -tər, -ər, -r
* Hyphenation: au‧di‧o‧me‧têr

### Noun

audiometer (first-person possessive audiometerku, second-person possessive audiometermu, third-person possessive audiometernya)
* (medicine) audiometer: an instrument which is used to determine the acuity of hearing.

### Further reading

* “audiometer” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
# wiązarko
## Polish
### Etymology

From wiązanie +‎ -ko with dissimilation.

### Pronunciation

* (Greater Poland):
** (Central Greater Poland) IPA: /vjɔw̃ˈzar.kɔ/, /vjɔnˈzar.kɔ/

### Noun

wiązarko n
* (Central Greater Poland) Synonym of wiązanie

### Further reading

* Oskar Kolberg (1877) “wiązarko”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 25
# witless
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English witles, from Old English witlēas (“senseless; witless”), from Proto-Germanic *witjalausaz (“witless”), equivalent to wit +‎ -less. Cognate with Swedish vettlös (“senseless; witless; wild”), Icelandic vitlaus (“senseless; witless; foolish; mad”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Adjective

witless (comparative more witless, superlative most witless)
* Lacking wit or understanding; foolish.
** c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene v:Then will we march to all thoſe Indian Mines, My witleſſe brother to the Chriſtians loſt: And ranſome them with fame and vſurie.
** 1613–1614 (date written), John Fletcher, William Shak[e]speare, The Two Noble Kinsmen: […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, for Iohn Waterson; […], published 1634, →OCLC, Act II, scene iii, page 31:To be his whore, is witles; Out upon't;
* Indiscreet; not using clear and sound judgment.
* Mindless, lacking conscious thought or the capacity for it.
** 1941, Theodore Roethke, “Open House”, in Open House; republished in The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke, 1975, →ISBN, page 3:Rage warps my clearest cry To witless agony.

#### Usage notes

* This term is frequently found in phrases such as scared witless, witless with fear, and so on.

#### Antonyms

* witful

#### Derived terms

* witless wonder
* witlessly
* witlessness

#### Translations
### References

* “witless”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* Wiltses, twissel
# spidget finner
## English
### Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈspɪdʒɛt ˈfɪnər/

### Noun

spidget finner (uncountable)
* (slang, humorous, spoonerism) A fidget spinner.
# straightness
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English streightnes, equivalent to straight +‎ -ness. Cognate with Scots strauchtness, straichtness (“straightness”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

straightness (countable and uncountable, plural straightnesses)
* (countable) The result or product of being straight.
* (uncountable) The state or quality of being straight (especially in the sense of "heterosexual").

#### Synonyms

* heterosexuality

#### Antonyms

* gayness
# snowmobile
## English
### Alternative forms

* snow-mobile, snow mobile

### Etymology

From snow +‎ -mobile.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

snowmobile (plural snowmobiles)
* (vehicles) A vehicle with skis at the front and a caterpillar track at the rear, used for travelling over snow, sometimes as sport.
** 2001, Charles W. L. Hill, Gareth R. Jones, Strategic Management Theory: An Integrated Approach, page 312:From the manufacture of snowgoing equipment such as snow cats, it diversified first into that of snowmobiles (and later skidoos, or water scooters), then into railcar and locomotive manufacture, and finally into the manufacture of small (less than 100-seat) commercial aircraft.
** 2022 February 11, “Young Wisconsin Olympian Jordan Stolz talks speedskating career: 'I'm just happy I got to skate that fast'”, in TMJ4‎:Lance Allan: "When you first saw that video of you in a snowmobile suit at five years old on national TV and on our air. Were you a little bit like, c'mon Mom and Dad, are you going to do me like that?"

#### Synonyms

* skidoo, ski-doo, ski doo, Skidoo, Ski-Doo, Ski Doo
* snowmachine, snow-machine, snow machine
* skimobile, ski-mobile, ski mobile
* skimachine, ski-machine, ski machine

#### Derived terms

* snocross
* snowmobile climbing
* snowmobiler
* snowmobile racing
* snowmobile skipping
* snowmobiling
* snowmobilist

#### See also

* snow bike

### Verb

snowmobile (third-person singular simple present snowmobiles, present participle snowmobiling, simple past and past participle snowmobiled)
* (intransitive) To ride or race in a snowmobile.

#### Translations
## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English snowmobile.

### Noun

snowmobile m (plural snowmobiles)
* snowmobile (vehicle with skis and rubber tracks for travelling over snow)
    Synonym: motoneve
# desagradecido
## Portuguese
### Participle

desagradecido (feminine desagradecida, masculine plural desagradecidos, feminine plural desagradecidas)
* past participle of desagradecer

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /desaɡɾadeˈθido/ [d̪e.sa.ɣ̞ɾa.ð̞eˈθi.ð̞o]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /desaɡɾadeˈsido/ [d̪e.sa.ɣ̞ɾa.ð̞eˈsi.ð̞o]
* Rhymes: -ido
* Syllabification: de‧sa‧gra‧de‧ci‧do

### Adjective

desagradecido (feminine desagradecida, masculine plural desagradecidos, feminine plural desagradecidas)
* thankless
    Synonym: ingrato

### Participle

desagradecido (feminine desagradecida, masculine plural desagradecidos, feminine plural desagradecidas)
* past participle of desagradecer

### Further reading

* “desagradecido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
# prefigure
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English prefiguren, from Latin praefigurare, from figurare (“to shape, picture”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɹiːfɪɡjɚ/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Verb

prefigure (third-person singular simple present prefigures, present participle prefiguring, simple past and past participle prefigured)
* (often in a Biblical context) To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand.
** 2018 September 29, Roger Burrows, “On Neoreaction”, in The Sociological Review Magazine‎:Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai, all prefigure NRx urban futures.
* To predict or foresee.

#### Synonyms

* presage
* portend
* forereckon
* foreshadow
* announce

#### Derived terms

* prefigurement

#### Translations
### Noun

prefigure (plural prefigures)
* That which prefigures or appears to predict; a harbinger.
** 2005, Leerom Medovoi, Rebels: Youth and the Cold War Origins of Identity, page 293:Quite different is the way in which the tomboy girled the rebel narrative. In recent years, queer theorists have taken a deep interest in the tomboy as a prefigure for the butch dyke.
** 2012, C. S. Shapley, Studies in French Poetry of the Fifteenth Century, page 5:In his influential commentary (the Moralia) Gregory the Great interpreted the protagonist typologically as a prefigure of Christ and of the Church persecuted.

## Spanish
### Verb

prefigure
* inflection of prefigurar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative
# impolitic
## English
### Alternative forms

* impolitick (obsolete)

### Etymology

From im- +‎ politic.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ɪmˈpɒ.lɪ.tɪk/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Adjective

impolitic (comparative more impolitic, superlative most impolitic)
* Not in accordance with good policy.
    Synonyms: unwise, inexpedient, unadvisable
** 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 210:Even when it was impolitic to admire, let alone name, Evagrius, his descriptions of progress in the spiritual life could not be and were not ignored […] .
** 2024 November 8, Ross Douthat, “How Democrats Helped Trump”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:And thereafter it became impolitic to say anything critical about the Harris sprint.(Can we archive this URL?)

#### Translations
### References

* “impolitic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
* “impolitic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
# Zadravec
## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zadráːʋət͡s/

### Proper noun

Zadrȃvəc m
* a surname

### Further reading

* “Zadravec”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024
# ہَرُد
## Kashmiri
### Etymology

From Sanskrit शरद् (śarad).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [harud]

### Noun

ہَرُد • (harud) m (Devanagari हरुद)
* autumn

#### See also

Seasons in Kashmiri · موٗسِم (mūsim) (layout · text) · category :
| سونٛتھ (sōnth) | رؠتہٕ کول (ryathụ kōl) | ہَرُد (harud) | وَنٛدٕ (vandụ) |
# maailman
## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑː(ˌ)ilmɑn/, [ˈmɑ̝ː(ˌ)ilmɑ̝n]
* Rhymes: -ɑːilmɑn, -ilmɑn
* Syllabification: maa‧il‧man

### Noun

maailman
* genitive singular of maailma
    Monien mielestä Muhammad Ali on maailman paras nyrkkeilijä kautta aikojen.Many believe that Muhammad Ali is the World's best boxer of all time.

## Ingrian
### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈmɑːˌilmɑn/, [ˈmɑːˌiɫmən]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈmɑːˌilmɑn/, [ˈmɑːˌiɫmɑn]
* Rhymes: -ilmɑn
* Hyphenation: maa‧il‧man

### Adverb

maailman
* extremely, very
    Tämä talo ono maailman suur. ― This house is super big.

### Noun

maailman
* genitive singular of maailma

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 302
# ဒုက္ခပေး
## Burmese
### Etymology

ဒုက္ခ (dukhka., “pain, trouble”) +‎ ပေး (pe:, “to give”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dùkkʰa̰pé/
* Romanization: MLCTS: dukhka.pe: • ALA-LC: dukkhapeʺ • BGN/PCGN: dukhka.pe: • Okell: dukhkápeì

### Verb

ဒုက္ခပေး • (dukhka.pe:)
* to give trouble, cause misery

### Further reading

* “ဒုက္ခပေး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
# kirille
## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkirilːeˣ/, [ˈk̟irilːe̞(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -irilːe
* Syllabification: ki‧ril‧le

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

kirille
* allative singular of kiri

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

kirille
* allative singular of kir

### Anagrams

* killeri
# chrapkáč poľný
## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [xrapkaːt͡ʃ pɔʎniː]

### Noun

chrapkáč poľný m animal
* corncrake
    Synonyms: chriašteľ poľný, chriašteľ chrapkáč
# inlectamentum
## Latin
### Noun

inlectāmentum n (genitive inlectāmentī); second declension
* Alternative form of illectāmentum

#### Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).
# warwoman
## English
### Etymology

From war +‎ -woman.

### Noun

warwoman (plural warwomen)
* A female combatant for war; a female warrior; a female warman.
** 1989, Ruth Wallace Hawkins, Where No Wood Is‎, Ruth Wallace Hawkins, →ISBN, page 151:‘‘Well, warwoman, them words may come back and hant ye, but git along with ye story,’ Mamie directed.
** 1995, Andre Norton, The Memoirs of Lt. Henry Timberlake‎, W. Morrow, →ISBN, page 36:Their guards were all warwomen and she had, she believed, a very thin chance of gaining any attention — save perhaps a kind she did not want — from Tathan and Iyt.
** 2007, Henry Timberlake, The Memoirs of Lt. Henry Timberlake‎, Museum of the Cherokee Indian Press, →ISBN, page 36:These chiefs, or headmen, likewise compose the assemblies of the nation, into which the warwomen are admitted.
# Burques
## English
### Proper noun

Burques
* plural of Burque
# irritated
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɪɹɪteɪtɪd/
* Hyphenation: ir‧ri‧tat‧ed

### Verb

irritated
* simple past and past participle of irritate

### Adjective

irritated (comparative more irritated, superlative most irritated)
* Experiencing a feeling of irritation.
* (pathology) Inflamed and painful.

#### Synonyms

* (experiencing a feeling of irritation): annoyed
# memorize
## English
### Alternative forms

* memorise (non-Oxford British English)

### Pronunciation

* (UK, US, Canada) IPA: /ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/
** Audio (US):(file)
* (General Australian) IPA: /ˈmem.əˌɹɑɪ̯z/
* Hyphenation: mem‧or‧ize

### Verb

memorize (third-person singular simple present memorizes, present participle memorizing, simple past and past participle memorized)
* To fully learn so as to have entirely available to the memory; to learn by heart, commit to memory.
** 2007, Don DeLillo, Underworld: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Scribner Classics, →ISBN, page 543:I wanted to look up velleity and quotidian and memorize the fuckers for all time, spell them, learn them, pronounce them syllable by syllable—vocalize, phonate, utter the sounds, say the words for all they're worth.
** 2009, A Practical Study of Argument, →ISBN, page 123:Many years ago there was a rumor that a basketball star (Jerry Lucas of the New York Knicks) had memorized the entire Manhattan phone book.
** 2009, Hailey Abbott, The Perfect Boy, →ISBN, page 258:She was so used to the way he moved—they'd been practicing together for years, and she'd memorized the way his body worked.

#### Derived terms

* memorization

#### Translations
## Portuguese
### Verb

memorize
* inflection of memorizar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative
# Capetonian
## English
### Alternative forms

* Capetownian

### Etymology

From Cape Town (with town changed to -ton) +‎ -ian.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /keɪpˈtəniən/

### Adjective

Capetonian (not comparable)
* Of, from, or pertaining to Cape Town, South Africa.

### Noun

Capetonian (plural Capetonians)
* A person from Cape Town.
    Synonym: Kapenaar

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ “Capetonian”, in Dictionary of South African English, Makhanda, Eastern Cape: Dictionary Unit for South African English, 1996–2024.
# geez
## English
### Etymology 1

A minced oath from the word Jesus.

#### Alternative forms

* geeze, jeez, jeeze

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒiːz/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːz

#### Interjection

geez
* (euphemistic) An exclamation denoting surprise or frustration.
    Synonyms: sheesh; see also Thesaurus:wow
    Geez, that was one hell of a week.

##### Derived terms

* geez Louise

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

Abbreviation of geezer.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡiːz/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːz

#### Noun

geez
* (UK, Ireland, slang) Informal address to a male.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:friend
    Hi geez, you alright?

## Basque
### Noun

geez
* instrumental plural of ge

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* ge'ez, geês
* gueze
* gue'ez, gueez, gueês (rare)

### Noun

geez m (uncountable)
* Ge'ez (an extinct Semitic language of Ethiopia)
    Synonym: etiópico antigo
# ܙܪܢܦܐ
## Classical Syriac
### Alternative forms

* ܙܪܐܦܗ, ܙܪܝܦܐ (zārīp̄ā)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Edessan) IPA: [zarˈnɑ.fɑ]
* (Eastern Syriac) IPA: [zarˈnɑ.pɑ]
* (Western Syriac) IPA: [zɑrˈno.fo]

### Noun

ܙܪܢܦܐ • (zarnāp̄ā) m (plural ܙܪܢܦܐ (zarnāp̄ē))
* giraffe
    Synonym: ܓܡܠ ܢܡܪܐ (gəmal nemrā)

#### Descendants

* → Arabic: زَرَافَة (zarāfa), زُرَافَة (zurāfa) (see there for further descendants)

### References

* “zrnp”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-11-20
* Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 92a
* Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 399b
# жираф
## Bulgarian
### Alternative forms

* жира́фа (žiráfa)

### Etymology

Borrowed from French girafe.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʒiˈraf]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

жира́ф • (žiráf) m
* giraffe (mammal)

#### Declension
### References

* “жираф”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “жираф”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

## Russian
### Alternative forms

* жира́фа (žiráfa) — dated, colloquial
* жира́фъ (žiráf) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʐɨˈraf]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French girafe.

#### Noun

жира́ф • (žiráf) m anim (genitive жира́фа, nominative plural жира́фы, genitive plural жира́фов)
* giraffe

##### Descendants

* → Georgian: ჟირაფი (žirapi)
* → Ingrian: žirafa

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

жира́ф • (žiráf) f anim pl
* genitive/accusative plural of жира́фа (žiráfa)
# frathole
## English
### Etymology

Blend of frat +‎ asshole

### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

frathole (plural fratholes)
* (US, slang, derogatory) An obnoxious frat boy.

### Anagrams

* farthole
# Ertzkantzler
## German
### Alternative forms

* Ertz-Kantzler (obsolete)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈʔɛɐ̯tskant͡slɐ], [ˈʔɛʁt͡skant͡slɐ]
* Hyphenation: Ertz‧kantz‧ler

### Noun

Ertzkantzler m (strong, genitive Ertzkantzlers, plural Ertzkantzler)
* Obsolete spelling of Erzkanzler.
# 𮳮

| 𮳮 | U+2ECEE, &#191726; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-2ECEE |
| ← 𮳭 [U+2ECED] | CJK Unified Ideographs Extension I | 𮳯 → [U+2ECEF] |

## Translingual
### Han character

𮳮 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+8, 12 strokes, composition ⿰火杰)

### References

* Unihan data for U+2ECEE
# aubèrginne
## Norman
### Etymology

Borrowed from French aubergine.

### Noun

aubèrginne f (plural aubèrginnes)
* (Jersey) eggplant, aubergine
# rizzy
## English
### Etymology

Apparently from rizz +‎ -y.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Adjective

rizzy (comparative more rizzy, superlative most rizzy)
* (slang) Having or relating to rizz; charming, affectionate, seductive.
    I'm about to get rizzy with her.
* (slang) Cool, nice.
    I'm about to head home for the night. Alright, rizzy.
# 𮳳

| 𮳳 | U+2ECF3, &#191731; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-2ECF3 |
| ← 𮳲 [U+2ECF2] | CJK Unified Ideographs Extension I | 𮳴 → [U+2ECF4] |

## Translingual
### Han character

𮳳 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+9, 13 strokes, composition ⿰火总)

### References

* Unihan data for U+2ECF3
# ページ

| ㌻ | U+333B, &#13115; SQUARE PEEZI |
| ← ㌺ [U+333A] | CJK Compatibility | ㌼ → [U+333C] |

## Japanese

* Alternative spelling
* 頁

### Etymology

Borrowed from English page.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ページ [pèéjí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [pe̞ːʑi]

### Noun

ページ • (pēji)
* page (of a book, newspaper, etc.)

#### Usage notes

Usually written using katakana.

### References

* 1 2 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2019), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
# chero
## Aromanian
### Alternative forms

* kero (altetnative orthography)

### Noun

chero m (definite articulation cherolu)
* Alternative form of chiro

#### See also

* etã / ete, zãmani
* orã / ore

## Middle Welsh
### Adjective

chero
* Alternative spelling of chwerw

## Spanish
### Etymology

Possibly from French cher (“dear, beloved”), which would make it a doublet of caro.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃeɾo/ [ˈt͡ʃe.ɾo]
* Rhymes: -eɾo
* Syllabification: che‧ro

### Noun

chero m (plural cheros, feminine chera, feminine plural cheras)
* (colloquial, El Salvador) close friend, pal
    Synonyms: amigo, (Mexico) cuate

### Further reading

* “chero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
* “chero” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010
# maid of all work
## English
### Noun

maid of all work (plural maid of all work)
* Alternative form of maid-of-all-work
** A general-purpose housemaid.
*** 1874 February, N. T. Munroe, “The W. Letters”, in The Repository, volume 51, page 89:So in living out, there is the maid of all work who scrubs the stove and scours the floor and rubs the knives and blacks the boots upon occasion, and in short, does any menial office required of her, and there is the housekeeper, presiding with all dignity over the household, who would perhaps scorn the idea that she was "living out." Yet is she not also at service? Somewhere between these two grades I find myself. I will only say I am some degrees above maid of all work, and yet I "live out."
*** 1877, Laura Valentine, The young woman's book: a useful manual for everyday life, page 91:As we hope our book may fall into hands by which some information on this subject may be required, we give here a brief summary of a female domestic's daily duties, beginning at the beginning—the maid of all work.
*** 1899 August, Abigail Powers, “Keeping House as a Business”, in The Puritan, volume 6, number 3, page 339:The average woman who is able to afford hired service at all has one maid of all work. If the family is large, it is necessary that part of the housework be done by the members of it.
** (figurative) Someone or something that serves many purposes.
*** 1886 June 8, The Indian Gardener, volume 2, page 233:If we may regard auratum as the queen of Lillies, it will be none the less fair to regard Specienum as the maid of all work, and a very pretty maid of all work it will perhaps be said.
*** 1889 May 30, “Evening Meeting, Samuel Gurney Shepherd”, in China's Millions, volume 15, page 110:I noticed last night that a very famous diplomatist, anxious to describe, in short but very pointed language, the services of a famous ambassador of our land, could find no other words than to say the he had been willing to be a "maid of all work" for the country.
*** 1903 April, Seton Churchill, “Financial Lessons from the Late War”, in Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, volume 47, page 423:It is obvious that when a company goes on active service, and a large number of young soldiers are taken out for transfer to the depot or to the home battalion, and a large number of men from the Army Reserve have to take their places and bring the company up to the increased war establishment, that the poor "maid of all work," the colour-sergeant, has a bad time of it. In addition to office work, a colour-sergeant has to look after drill, musketry, discipline, routine, orders, do his guards, etc.