laundrywoman

American  

[lawn-dree-woom-uhn, lahn-] / ˈlɔn driˌwʊm ən, ˈlɑn- /

noun

laundrywomen plural

1. laundress.

2. a woman who works in or operates a laundry.

3. a woman who collects and delivers laundry.

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laundrywoman British  

/ ˈlɔːndrɪwʊmən /

noun

1. a woman who collects or delivers laundry

2. a woman who works in a laundry

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Gender

See -woman.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• laundrywomen
  plural

Etymology

Origin of laundrywoman

First recorded in 1860–65; laundry + woman

Example Sentences

Poor as he is, he didn’t forget a servant or a child in the house, and not a soul here, from the French laundrywoman to Miss Norton forgot him.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

Poor as he is, he didn't forget a servant or a child in the house, and not a soul here, from the French laundrywoman to Miss Norton forgot him.

From Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May

Robert the Devil from the top of his tower falls in love with the laundrywoman bleaching linen on the green, and in natural course William the Conqueror sees the light of day.'

From Border Ghost Stories by Pease, Howard

It was a hard miserable life, and each succeeding day only seemed to bring her nearer to the disastrous end prophesied by the mournful laundrywoman of Dudley Grove.

From Fan : the story of a young girl's life by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)