ancillula

ancillula
noun /ænˈsɪljʊlə/
a slave girl, a servant-girl

, 1962: I at once telephoned. The Shades were out, said the cheeky ancillula, an obnoxious little fan who came to cook for them on Sundays and no doubt dreamt of getting the old poet to cuddle her some wifeless day. — Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire


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