ironings
- plural of ironing.
Example Sentences
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Maria worked hard at her braiding—that was open to anybody's observation; but there were less obvious flutings and ironings down in the kitchen, and adjusting of ribbons and flowers in secret consultations up-stairs.
From What She Could by Warner, Susan
She could do washings and ironings if she could get them and do it here at home.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 7 by Work Projects Administration
Who has told of the turnings, the dyings, the ironings, the darnings, that have gone to make misses of ten pounds a-year pin-money look as smart as the squanderer of five hundred?
From The Widow Barnaby Vol. I (of 3) by Trollope, Frances Eleanor
She owned a little soft, white silk frock, which still looked festive and partyfied, in spite of frequent washings and not too careful ironings.
From The Carroll Girls by Quiller-Couch, Mabel
Well, Sky-High," said his mistress, "I am going to give you this cabin under the trees, where you may do your washings and all your ironings.
From Little Sky-High The Surprising Doings of Washee-Washee-Wang by Butterworth, Hezekiah
