daygirl
/ˈdeɪˌɡɜrl/
noun
- A female student who attends a boarding school but lives at home and goes to school each day, rather than living at the school.
- The school has both boarders and daygirls, so the campus is quieter at night.
- As a daygirl, she walked to school every morning and returned home for dinner.
- The daygirls were allowed to leave campus after the last class, while boarders had study hall.
- A female domestic worker who comes to a house daily to do cleaning or other chores, rather than living in.
- They hired a daygirl to help with the housework while the parents were at work.
- In the 1950s, many families employed a daygirl for cleaning and cooking.
- The daygirl arrived at nine each morning and left after lunch.
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