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Quotation dates: 1681
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Serving-las(s, n. [Serv(e v.1 and Las n. Cf. also Servand(e n. 5 comb.] A female domestic servant. — 1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. (1681) A 2 b.
Like sermons repeated by children and serving lasses in a Presbyterian family-exercise 1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. (1681) i 50.
In taverns … Where … Some struggle with the serving lasses 1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. (1751) 56.
We have been sore oppressed, Our wives and serving lasses cessed
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