washwoman
noun
washwomen
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pluralof washwoman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
"Do they have washwomen in Hades?" asked Kismine innocently.
From Tales of the Jazz Age by F. Scott (Francis Scott) Fitzgerald
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
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 Eduardo Zamacois
