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Hired help

noun

Employee hired for domestic or farm work (often used in the singular to refer to several employees collectively).

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"Hired help" Quotes from Famous Books

... Irene; I won't forget again. Oh, there's Mary-'Gusta, now! Showin' herself out here with all these city folks, when she's nothin' but a hired help—a table girl, as you might say! I shan't notice her, anyway. I may buy her tea and stuff, but I—Who's that runnin' up to her and—and kissin' her—and—mercy on us! You'd think they was sisters, if you didn't know. Who is it? Looks kind of common, she does to me. Don't you think so, 'Rena—Irene, ...

— Mary-'Gusta • Joseph C. Lincoln

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... Putnam had been doing his best to solve the mystery concerning the disappearance of Jack's gold watch and chain. But, though all the hired help and the cadets and teachers were watched and questioned, nothing of importance came to light. Peleg Snuggers said he had once seen a strange man near the stables, and Captain Putnam wondered if that individual could have sneaked into the ...

— The Mystery at Putnam Hall - The School Chums' Strange Discovery • Arthur M. Winfield

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... he could have a day off as soon as the last load of hay was in the barn, just to show how he appreciated the bold way in which his hired help had tickled the rascals when they were getting over the fence. Indeed, the farmer said Andy had been too lenient, and that if it had been his aeroplane that was threatened in that mean way, he would have felt wholly justified in emptying both barrels of the gun after the ...

— The Aeroplane Boys Flight - A Hydroplane Roundup • John Luther Langworthy

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Words linked to "Hired help" : kitchen help, employee