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
This procedure rubs the cloth samples as hard as any washing machine or washwoman can ever do.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her mother was a washwoman in St. Louis, her father a porter.
From Time Magazine Archive
Next night she went home to St. Louis to see her mother who used to be a washwoman.
From Time Magazine Archive
“A washwoman is the one thing I don’t need right now. If you had any manservants capable of ditch digging, I’d take you up on the offer, but ...” He paused and shook his head.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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
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 Eduardo Zamacois
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
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
"Do they have washwomen in Hades?" asked Kismine innocently.
From Tales of the Jazz Age by F. Scott (Francis Scott) Fitzgerald
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