Washerwoman
['wɒʃəwʊmən] or ['wɑʃɚwʊmən]
Definition
(n.) A woman who washes clothes, especially for hire, or for others.
(n.) The pied wagtail; -- so called in allusion to its beating the water with its tail while tripping along the leaves of water plants.
Typed by Irwin
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Laundress.
Typist: Stanley
Examples
- The destitute orange-girl, the neglected washerwoman, the distressed muffin-man find in her a fast and generous friend. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- No linen that you want sent to the washerwoman's? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The writer well remembers an aged colored woman, who was employed as a washerwoman in her father's family. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The washerwoman was waiting impatiently whilst we searched in vain for a piece of paper, and the common writing ink was dried up. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- I know a delightful washerwoman outside, that comes for my things twice a week; and, by Jove! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- And the 'Washerwoman of Finchley Common,' Mamma, said Lady Emily. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It was wonderful to see the pertinacity with which the washerwoman from Tooting brought the cart every Saturday, and her bills week after week. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Editor: Paula