what is the modern day term for scullery maid, and what didi it mean in the 1700s?
2007-04-02 06:31:02 · 3 answers · asked by Rhiannon. Stay[[+]] 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
A scullery maid was one of the lowest ranking servants; she spent almost all her time in the kitchen doing the most menial tasks, such as washing dishes, taking out the ashes from the cooking fire / fireplaces, taking out the trash, scrubbing floors, perhaps helping with the toughest cooking chores.
Probably the modern equivalent would be a dishwasher (whether human or machine).
2007-04-02 06:44:48 · answer #1 · answered by teresathegreat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would expand dishwasher to a broader term of kitchen clean up, the busboy of the 17th century, which included throwing out the garbage.
2007-04-02 06:41:34 · answer #2 · answered by rac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dishwasher
2007-04-02 06:34:44 · answer #3 · answered by Lepke 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋