washer
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1.8
- noun
- /ˈwɔːʃər/
:
lavandero
- As a washer, she spent her days ensuring that the clothes were spotless for the customers.
- window washer
- bottle washer
- pot washer
Examples
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The pot washer was a young Cuban fellow named Manuel.
Fiction book (1996) -
I booked bets for all the other window washers.
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I started as a window washer myself!
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- So you were a window washer?
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It's no life for you, being married to a window washer.
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I was a window washer.
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You were a window washer?
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There were two window washers in crisp gray uniforms.
Fiction book (1998) -
Who's the best darn washer woman in the whole bloomin' city of Chicago?
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I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU WAS A DISH WASHER.
Synonyms
3
7.2
A woman who cleans other people's clothes for money
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7.3
A woman who washes and irons clothes for other people
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8.9
A person who cleans other people's clothes for a living
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4.7
A woman who washes and irons clothes for other people
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6.9
A woman who cleans other people's clothes, usually from her own home
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4.3
A man who washes and dries clothes for a business
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3.6
A person or shop that washes and irons other people's clothes
A woman who washes other people's clothes for pay
Compounds
How Professional
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Washer meaning a person comes from wash plus -er, so it is 'one that washes'. That is why a washer is someone whose job is to clean clothes or other items.