M. de Luxembourg was very pompous and very slow, and there was nothing that Lord Eglinton hated worse than what he called amateur valeting.
"Petticoat Rule"
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
If your landlord is the butler who has married the cook, your valeting and cooking approach as nearly perfection as you can hopefully demand.
"London Films"
W.D. Howells
And small Mikey was indeed a bonny kiddie attired in the very stylish trousers and blouse of small James and shining with Dabney's valeting.
"The Heart's Kingdom"
Maria Thompson Daviess