washermen
- plural of washerman.
Example Sentences
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A narrow lane in Mumbai city's upmarket Colaba area opens up to a patch of land filled with small concrete cubicles - nooks washermen use to clean and dry the city's laundry.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
The settlement is largely inhabited by washermen and their families, many of whom live and work there.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
Moreover, they made but four washings a year, as was the custom in old times, and Pencroff and Spilett, while waiting for the postman to bring the paper, made famous washermen!
From The Mysterious Island by White, Stephen W.
I had an excellent bearer, Horna, as I have already stated, and under him were two or three Nagas; washermen, syces, gardeners, water-carriers, etc., made up the number.
From My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills by Johnstone, James Johnstone, chevalier de
"Who are you, my Herr?" cried the amber merchant, "that you issue orders here, and withhold my washermen from their work?"
From Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von
