maidchild

See also: maid-child and maid child

English

Noun

maidchild (plural maidchildren)

1. Alternative spelling of maid child.
   • 1955, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Return of the King, HarperCollins, published 1999, →ISBN, page 371:

     'Well, Mr. Frodo,' he said. 'I'm in a bit of a fix. Rose and me had settled to call him Frodo, with your leave; but it's not him, it's her. Though as pretty a maidchild as anyone could hope for, taking after Rose more than me, luckily. So we don't know what to do.'