washwoman
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6.9
- noun
- /ˈwɔːʃˌwʊmən/
- Archaic
:
lavandera
- The local washwoman picked up a new batch of laundry from the neighborhood yesterday.
Examples
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My grandmother used to say that a good washwoman is worth her weight in gold for keeping clothes pristine.
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She might be with the washwoman, beating clothes with rocks against the cement cistern, or helping the cook.
Fiction book (1991) -
Every Wednesday, the washwoman would wash and iron the clothes for several families in her community.
Synonyms
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1.8
A person who washes clothes or sheets for a living
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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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4.7
A woman who washes and irons clothes for other people
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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
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Washwoman is a simple compound of wash ('to clean with water') and woman ('an adult female'). It was originally used for a woman who washed other people's clothes, which is why it means a woman whose job is to do laundry for others.