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
This procedure rubs the cloth samples as hard as any washing machine or washwoman can ever do.
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
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 Joseph Crosby Lincoln
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
Also, as at present, the washwomen were the despair of careful housekeepers.
From Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 by William Walton
The other washwomen, all about her, observed her grief, and fell to whispering: "See how she's crying?"
From Their Son; The Necklace by Eduardo Zamacois
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