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washwoman

[wosh-woo m-uh n, wawsh-]
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noun, plural wash·wom·en.
  1. washerwoman.
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Origin of washwoman

First recorded in 1580–90; wash + -woman
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Examples from the Web for wash-woman

Historical Examples

  • I heard the deep voice of the big Irish wash-woman I had engaged, conversing with the rough Norwegian.

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  • In an uncouth world he was a gentleman; he bowed as courteously to a wash-woman as to an heiress.

  • The son of a wash-woman begins re-making himself socially and imparts his system to his numerous friends.

British Dictionary definitions for wash-woman

washwoman

noun plural -women
  1. a less common word for washerwoman
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