arch. A girl employed in the kitchen, a kitchen-maid. contemptuous.
1590. Shaks., Com. Err., III. ii. 96. She’s the kitchin wench, & al grease.
1678. Otway, Friendship in F., II. i. Chloris dwindles into a kitchen-Wench.
1840. Barham, Ingol. Leg., The Ghost. His wife would … strike with all her might, As fast as kitchen-wenches strike a light.
