washwoman
Americannoun
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washwomen
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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
One was Mrs. Blanche Dunkel, 42, plain, heavy-jawed washwoman, a four-time widow.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her mother was a washwoman in St. Louis, her father a porter.
From Time Magazine Archive
This procedure rubs the cloth samples as hard as any washing machine or washwoman can ever do.
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
He tried two of the regular washwomen, Elsie Doyle and Peleg Carpenter's wife, and they did 'em up just dreadful.
From Fair Harbor by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby
His family consisted of his wife, Juana, chief of the lavanderas, or washwomen, and several children, the oldest of whom, Magdalena, was now growing into the fresh and early womanhood of these Southern races.
From The Penance of Magdalena & Other Tales of the California Missions by Chase, J. Smeaton
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
Some few of the younger washwomen usually sat up on their heels, then, and followed with their eyes the precipitate on-rushing of the train.
From Their Son; The Necklace by Zamacois, Eduardo
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