washerwoman
Americannoun
plural
washerwomennoun
Gender
See -woman.
Etymology
Origin of washerwoman
Example Sentences
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June Brown, who has died at the age of 95, won her place in British hearts playing the chain-smoking washerwoman, Dot Cotton in EastEnders.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2022
In the early 20th century, Sarah Breedlove, a washerwoman and descendant of enslaved people, adopted the name Madam C.J.
From New York Times • May 10, 2021
McCarty worked for 75 years as a washerwoman and donated the majority of her life savings to the university after her death in 1999 at the age of 91.
From Washington Times • Oct. 9, 2020
Rigid social and ethnic demarcations begin to bend when the matriarch of a wealthy white family in New Rochelle, N.Y., provides shelter to an African American washerwoman who is scared and alone after giving birth.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2019
The washerwoman gave him one last glance, picked up her basket, and walked away.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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