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Definition of "washerwoman" []

  • A woman who washes clothes and linens for a living. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "washerwoman" in a sentence
  • "This Scutari washerwoman is no exception to the rule, and welcomes me most heartily."
  • ""Afternoon, ser Cerryl!" called the washerwoman who had set her basket on the narrow porch of Esad's-a store of odd items, neither a chandlery nor a miller's market nor a weaver's shop, but a place that held items partaking selectedly of all."
  • "Your washerwoman is a lady, and your coalman a Chesterfield."