laundrywoman

American  

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

noun

PLURAL

laundrywomen

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.

Etymology

Origin of laundrywoman

First recorded in 1860–65; laundry + woman

Example Sentences

Her father had been born a slave; her mother was a laundrywoman.

From Washington Times

I thought I noticed a certain caution even in his attitude to the large-bosomed laundrywoman who took the ship’s orders at Buenos Aires; and his comment on her charges had been of the weakest.

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

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.

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