bed-maker

His wounded tutor, his many duns, the skip and bed-maker who waited upon him, the undergraduates of his own time and the years below him, whom he had patronised or scorned — how could he bear to look any of them in the face now?

The History of Pendennis 2006

Mr. Buck, the tutor, was no better a scholar than many a fifth-form boy at Grey Friars; might have some stupid humdrum notions about the metre and grammatical construction of a passage of Aeschylus or Aristophanes, but had no more notion of the poetry than Mrs. Binge, his bed-maker; and Pen grew weary of hearing the dull students and tutor blunder through a few lines of a play, which he could read in

The History of Pendennis 2006

I have heard you lavish upon the bar-maid of an inn, or even a college bed-maker —

She Stoops to Conquer 2004

As Plato puts it briefly in this same passage, "the painter, the bed-maker, God -- these three are the masters of three species of beds."

ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001

You won't believe me, I know, but my mother, who was a bed-maker afore me, used to 'ave a month at the seaside every year, all paid for out of money give to' er by 'er young gentlemen.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 26, 1919 Various

Strange stories were afloat respecting the _menage_ of Mrs. Welborn; my bed-maker affirmed, upon her

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 364, April 4, 1829 Various

_ -- Everything in the "_worser_ line;" called by christian name by their bed-maker; hold their tongues, in consideration of three weeks 'arrears, at four shillings a week; and then _all's done_, and the inhabitant is complete.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, December 11, 1841 Various

At my hotel (in Rue St. Honoré) there was a he bed-maker; and I do believe the anomalous animal is not uncommon.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 282, November 10, 1827 Various

Uncle Jim, he was de bed-maker, and he made up a heap of little beds lak what dey calls cots now.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration

Time was when our young gentlemen used to 'ave big dinners in their rooms, and a careful bed-maker could save a bone or two.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 26, 1919 Various