washwoman
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Origin of washwoman
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I remember once going to Washington Park with our washwoman to a Fourth of August celebration.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 26, 2018
Her mother was a washwoman in St. Louis, her father a porter.
From Time Magazine Archive
The old "covered wagon," waddling under her sawed-off flying deck like a washwoman under a bundle, set off on the highest adventure of her career.
From Time Magazine Archive
One was Mrs. Blanche Dunkel, 42, plain, heavy-jawed washwoman, a four-time widow.
From Time Magazine Archive
He gave her passes to visit the Parker plantation every New Year’s Day feast; Felice’s sister was a washwoman there.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
On the third day, just after lunch, the hands were recalled from the fields, the washwomen and cooks and stable hands interrupted from their tasks, the house staff diverted from its maintenance.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
There was always two washwomen, a cook, some hands to help her, two sewin' women, a house girl, an' some who did all the weavin' an' spinnin'.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by Various
The reorganization, intended to save some of the better properties, wiped out more than seventy per cent. of the small stockholders—widows, schoolteachers, stenographers, washwomen, scrubwomen—all who once had a dollar in the stocking.
From Stories from Everybody's Magazine by Various
"Do they have washwomen in Hades?" asked Kismine innocently.
From Tales of the Jazz Age by Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott)
One engineer with a government certificate could have saved the clerks, stenographers, widows, washwomen, and orphans of America fifteen million dollars at the cost of, say, five thousand.
From Stories from Everybody's Magazine by Various
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