domestic
/dəˈmɛs.tɪk/ noun C2- A maid or household servant.
- A domestic dispute, whether verbal or violent.
Plural domestics
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These animals, though wild and agile as chamois, were too much like domestic goats, and Franz could not consider them as game.
Sometimes I wonder if she has a guilty memory which haunts her, and sometimes I suspect Barrymore of being a domestic tyrant.
Our plain manner of living, our small rooms, and few domestics, and the little we see of the world, must make Hunsford extremely dull to a young lady like yourself; but I hope you will believe us grateful for the condescension, and that we have done everything in our power to prevent you spending your time unpleasantly.”
Ethel Marr was admitted by all competent judges to have the most stylish modes of hair-dressing, and Jane Andrews--plain, plodding, conscientious Jane--carried off the honors in the domestic science course.
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