maid : Idioms & Phrases


Cuckoo maid

  • (Zoöl.), the wryneck; called also cuckoo mate.
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Fair maid

  • . (Zoöl.) (a) The European pilchard (Clupea pilchardus) when dried. (b) The southern scup (Stenotomus Gardeni). [Virginia]
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fair-maids-of-france

  • noun rosette-forming perennial having compact panicles of white flowers; Europe
    meadow saxifrage; Saxifraga granulata.
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Lady's maid

  • noun a maid who is a lady's personal attendant
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  • a maidservant who dresses and waits upon a lady. Thackeray.
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Maid of honor

  • noun an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding
    bridesmaid.
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  • a female attendant of a queen or royal princess; usually of noble family, and having to perform only nominal or honorary duties.
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maid's hair

Maid's" hair`
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) The yellow bedstraw (Galium verum).
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meter maid

  • noun policewoman who is assigned to write parking tickets
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Old maid

  • noun an elderly unmarried woman
    spinster.
  • noun any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
    zinnia; old maid.
  • noun commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
    cayenne jasmine; rose periwinkle; Madagascar periwinkle; periwinkle; red periwinkle; Cape periwinkle; Catharanthus roseus; Vinca rosea.
  • noun the loser in a game of old maid
  • noun a card game using a pack of cards from which one queen has been removed; players match cards and the player holding the unmatched queen at the end of the game is the loser (or `old maid')
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  • . (a) A woman, somewhat advanced in years, who has never been married; a spinster . (b) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the pink-flowered periwinkle (Vinca rosea). (c) A simple game of cards, played by matching them. The person with whom the odd card is left is the old maid.
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old maid flower

  • noun any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
    zinnia; old maid.
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old-maid's bonnet

  • noun stout perennial of eastern and central North America having palmate leaves and showy racemose blue flowers
    Lupinus perennis; Indian beet; sundial lupine; wild lupine.
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red maids

  • noun succulent carpet-forming plant having small brilliant reddish-pink flowers; southwestern United States
    Calandrinia ciliata; redmaids.
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sea-maid

Sea"-maid` noun
Definitions
  1. The mermaid.
  2. A sea nymph.
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Serving maid

  • a female servant; a maidservant.
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Waiting maid, Waiting woman

  • a maid or woman who waits upon another as a personal servant.
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