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abigail

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詞源

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源自人名Abigail,17世紀初的劇作《The Scornful Lady》中一位女侍者的名字。

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abigail (複數 abigails)

  1. (棄用) 女僕侍女丫頭 (17世紀中期-19世紀)[1]
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones,第 415 頁:
      It was therefore concluded that the Abigails should, by turns, relieve each other on one of his lordship’s horses, which was presently equipped with a side-saddle for that purpose.
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    • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre:
      In the servants’ hall two coachmen and three gentlemen’s gentlemen stood or sat round the fire; the abigails, I suppose, were upstairs with their mistresses; the new servants, that had been hired from Millcote, were bustling about everywhere.
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參考資料

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  1. Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002年),“abigail”,The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles,5th版,Oxford; New York, N.Y.:Oxford University PressISBN 978-0-19-860457-0,第 4 頁