Friday, April 16, 2010

Marmiton

A kitchen maid. A scullion.

"I wish that you could find me at Brussels an humble marmiton, tournebroche, or other animal, who could roast and boil decently."

P. D. Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, Letter to Dayrolles (1754).

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